Gospel Reflection – 22 February – Matthew 16: 13-19 – The Chair of St Peter, the Apostle
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 13 - 19) in which Jesus says, “You are Peter, and on this [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 8: 34 – 9: 1 – Take up your cross and follow me
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 34 – 9:1) in which Jesus says, “What gain then is it for [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 8: 27-33 – Can you see yet?
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 27-33) in which Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do people say I am?” [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 8: 22-26 – The blind man
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 22-26) in which, when Jesus came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 8: 14-21 – He cautioned them
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 14-21) in which Jesus, after his disciples after they fail to understand him, [...]
Gospel Reflection – Monday 6th Week Ordinary Time – Looking for a sign?
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 11-13) in which the Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign, to which he [...]
Gospel Reflection – 14 February – Saints Cyril and Methodious
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 1-9) in which Jesus sends seventy-two people out, two by two, ahead of [...]
Gospel Reflection – Saturday 5th Week Ordinary Time – They ate and were satisfied
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8:1-10) in which Jesus feeds a large hungry crowd of four thousand people. Fr [...]
Gospel Reflection – Thursday 5th Week Ordinary time – Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 24-30) in which a woman, who was born in Syrian Phoenicia, begs Jesus [...]
Gospel Reflection – Wednesday 5th Week Ordinary time – Clean & Unclean
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 14-23) in which Jesus says, “Nothing that goes into a person from outside [...]
Gospel Reflection – Tuesday 5th Week Ordinary time – A heart for God
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 1-13) in which Scribes and Pharisees question Jesus about his disciples not following [...]
Gospel Reflection – 10 February – St Scholastica
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 38-42) in which Jesus says to Martha, ‘You worry and fret about so [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 6: 30-34 – Resting with Jesus
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 30-34) in which Jesus encourages his disciples to take time in rest, saying, [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 6: 14-29 – The cost of discipleship
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 14-29) in which Herod has John the Baptist beheaded after promising the daughter [...]
Gospel Reflection – 6 February – St Paul Miki & Companions
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (28: 16-20) in which Jesus commissions his disciples to go out to all the [...]
Gospel Reflection – 5 February – St Agatha
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 23-26) in which Jesus says, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 5: 21-43 – The healing touch of Jesus
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (5: 21-43) in which Jesus heals the woman who touches his cloak and raises a [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 5: 1-20 – The Power of Jesus
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (5: 1-20) in which Jesus restores a man possessed by many demons to good [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 4: 35-41 – Jesus calms the storm
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 35-41) in which Jesus, after calming the storm, says to his disciples, “Why [...]
Gospel Reflection – 31 January – Matthew 18: 1-5 – St John Bosco
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 1-5) in which Jesus says, ‘anyone who welcomes a little child like this [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 4: 21-25 – Faithful fruit-bearing
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 21-25) in which Jesus shares the parables of the lamp and the measure. [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 4: 1-20 – Good soil
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 1-20) in which Jesus shares the parable of the farmer who went out to [...]
Gospel Reflection – 28 January – Matthew 23: 8-12 – St Thomas Aquinas
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 8-12) in which Jesus says ‘The greatest among you must be your servant. [...]
Gospel Reflection – Mark 3: 22-30 – Jesus & the Prince of Demons
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 22-30) in which Jesus, because of the healing he does, is accused of [...]
Gospel Reflection – 25 January – Mark 16: 15-18 – Conversion of St Paul
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 15-18) in which Jesus says, ‘Go to the whole world, proclaim the good [...]