Fr Paul Gooley, our Parish Priest, returns and before reading today’s Gospel offers sincere thanks to those who filled in during his absence. He then reads from Luke’s Gospel (17: 1-6) in which the apostles say to Jesus, ‘Increase our faith!’ Fr Paul reflects that today’s Gospel alerts us to three things the [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish reads from Luke’s Gospel (16: 9-15) in which Jesus says, ‘No servant can be the slave of two masters. They will either hate the first or love the second, or they will treat the first with respect and the second with scorn’. You [...]
Today as we celebrate the memorial of St Leo the Great – Pope and Doctor of the Church, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish reads from Luke’s Gospel (16: 1-8) in which Jesus tells the parable of the shrewd manager. Tony makes three unrelated and, maybe, unknown points about [...]
As we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish who reads our Gospel notes that today we interrupt Luke’s Gospel by reading from the Gospel of John (2: 13-22) in which Jesus clears the Temple courts. Tony asks, so why [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish reads from Luke’s Gospel (14: 25-33) in which Jesus, after leaving the meal with the Pharisee and his guests, he encounters a great crowd that follows him as he continues teaching his message of what is needed for discipleship. Tony says, Jesus is [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish reads from Luke’s Gospel (14: 15-24) in which Jesus, who is still at the Pharisee’s house for dinner, tells a further parable about a banquet, to get his message across. Tony says if today’s parable sounds familiar, it should be – we heard [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish is presenting our Gospel Reflections this week. Today, Tony reads from Luke’s Gospel (14: 12 -14) which continues the story begun on Saturday where Jesus is sharing a meal in the house of one of the leading Pharisees and told a parable about [...]
Troy Baker, Principal of St Joseph’s Primary School, today reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 1, 7-11) in which Jesus tells a parable about a wedding feast and the importance of humility saying, ‘For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.’ Troy says [...]
Troy Baker, Principal of St Joseph’s Primary School, today reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 1-6) in which the Pharisees quiz Jesus about whether it is right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath. In this passage, Troy says, we see Jesus boldly asserting His Lordship over the Sabbath, a concept that [...]
Troy Baker, Principal of St Joseph’s Primary School, presents our Gospel Reflections for the rest of this week. On the solemnity of All Souls, the commemoration of all the faithful departed, Troy reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 25-30) in which Jesus tells his followers, ‘Take my yoke upon you, and learn [...]