With Fr Paul Gooley on Annual Leave, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 13-17) in which Jesus says, “Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God”. Tony says, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 1-12) in which Jesus shares the parable of wicked tenants, who beat and kill the Vineyard owner’s messengers. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Boniface whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Boniface was born in Devon in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (11: 27-33) in which the chief priest, scribes, and the elders of the Temple question where Jesus gets his authority from. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about Ugandan martyrs, St Charles Lwanga and his companions whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says many [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (11: 11-26) in which Jesus encounters an unproductive Fig Tree, before going on to the Temple, where he clashed with the money changes and stall holders. Fr Paul says we are nearing the end of Jesus’ mission in the Gospel of Mark, reaching its climactic [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 46-52) in which a blind man named Bartimaeus asks to ‘see’ Jesus and is healed by him. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the live of St Justin whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Justin was born at the beginning of [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, who says ‘Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled’. Fr Paul says [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 28-31) in which Jesus tells his disciples that no one who has left everything for him or the Gospel will go unrewarded but also says ‘Many who are first will be last and the last first’. Fr Paul says this little story seems to [...]
Today as we return to Ordinary Time and celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-27) in which we again hear Jesus, from the cross, entrusting the care of his mother saying to her “Woman, here is your son,” and to the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 20-25) in which Jesus, when Peter questions him about the disciple he loved, says “If I want him to stay behind till I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me.” Fr Paul says the Gospel today raises the question: [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 15-19) in which Jesus asks Simon Peter ‘Do you love me? and requests of him that he ‘Feed my lambs’. Fr Paul says, Philip was born in Florence in 1515. At the age of eighteen he went to Rome and earned his living as [...]