Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (16: 1-8), in which Jesus tells the parable of the shrewd manager, who is asked to give an account of his management of the master's resources. This parable can be deeply disturbing if we think that God is praising the steward for his fraud! [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (15: 1-10), in which Jesus tells the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin and says, 'there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents'. Today’s gospel gives us two parables on forgiveness. These two [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 25-33), in which Jesus says,' whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple'. In this gospel Jesus does not pull his punches, and here he delivers a series of devastating body-blows to anyone who is looking for easy [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 15-24), in which Jesus tells the parable of the great banquet. Here is a third parable about dinner-parties, for Luke likes threes. Luke and Matthew treat this same story differently. Matthew’s is a royal wedding-banquet and therefore is on a grander scale: the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (10: 11-16) in which Jesus says, 'I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep'. Afterwards, Fr [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (14: 1-6) in which Jesus says, 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in me also’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the feast of All Souls which we celebrate today. All Souls' Day, also known as the Commemoration [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 1-12), in which Jesus says, 'Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven'. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the feast of All Saints which we celebrate today. All Saints' Day is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 31-35), in which Jesus says, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing". This [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 22-30), in which Jesus says, "There are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”. Jesus is now on his way to Jerusalem. He is half-way through his journey towards the Passion – his arrest, torture and [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 18-21), in which before Jesus leaves Galilee and begins his journey to Jerusalem Luke gives us two parables about growth. They could well have been told by Jesus when the disciples were facing discouragement: how could their little band of nobodies be the [...]