Gospel Reflection – 21 December – Mary visits Elizabeth
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-45) in which Mary goes to visit her pregnant older cousin Elizabeth who [...]
Gospel Reflection – 20 December – Nothing is impossible with God
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which Mary, visited by an angel, accepts God’s will for her [...]
Gospel Reflection – 19 December – When God hears our prayers
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 5-25) in which Zechariah is told by an angel, when on duty in [...]
Gospel Reflection – 18 December – Joseph honours his pledge to Mary
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 18-24) in which Joseph follows through on his pledge to marry Mary and [...]
Gospel Reflection – Tuesday 3rd Week of Advent – The Genealogy of Jesus
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1:1-17) in which details the genealogy of Jesus, son of David, son of Abraham. [...]
Gospel Reflection – Monday 3rd Week of Advent – By what authority?
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (21: 23-27) in which Jesus is asked by the chief priests “What authority have [...]
Gospel Reflection – 14 December – St John of the Cross
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 25-33) in which Jesus says, ‘Anyone who does not carry their cross and [...]
Gospel Reflection – 13 December – St Lucy
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 1-13) in which Jesus shares the parable of the sensible and foolish bridesmaids [...]
Gospel Reflection – Thursday 2nd Week of Advent – None greater than John the Baptist
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 11-15) in which Jesus says, ‘Of all the children born of women a [...]
Gospel Reflection – Wednesday 2nd Week of Advent – The yoke of Jesus
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus says, ‘Come to me, all you who are weary [...]
Gospel Reflection – Tuesday 2nd Week of Advent – Searching for the lost sheep
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18:12-14) in which Jesus asks his disciples, ‘Suppose a man owns a hundred sheep, [...]
Gospel Reflection – 9 December – The immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today as we celebrated the solemnity of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of [...]
Gospel Reflection – 7 December – St Ambrose
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (10: 11-16) in which Jesus, the good shepherd, says ‘There are other sheep, not [...]
Gospel Reflection – Friday 1st Week of Advent – Do you believe I can do this?
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 27-31) in which Jesus asks two blind men who seek healing, “Do you [...]
Gospel Reflection – Thursday 1st Week of Advent – How will you build your house?
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (7: 21, 24-27) in which Jesus says, ‘Everyone who listens to these words of [...]
Gospel Reflection – Wednesday 1st Week of Advent – Miracles
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (15:29-37) in which Jesus takes the seven loaves and a few small fish, gives [...]
Gospel Reflection – 3 December – St Francis Xavier
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 15-20) in which Jesus commissions his disciples to ‘go out to the whole [...]
Gospel Reflection – Monday, First Week of Advent – Lord, I am not worthy
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Matthew 8: 5-11) in which a centurion asks Jesus to help his paralysed servant and [...]
Gospel Reflection – 30 November – St Andrew – Apostle
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Matthew 4: 18-22) in which Jesus calls his first disciples, saying, ‘Follow me and I [...]
Gospel Reflection – Friday 34th Week of Ordinary Time – My words will never disappear
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 29-33) in which Jesus told the parable of the fig tree and said, [...]
Gospel Reflection – Thursday 34th Week of Ordinary Time – Escape Jerusalem; expect his coming
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 20-28) in which Jesus tells the disciples, ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by [...]
Gospel Reflection – Wednesday 34th Week of Ordinary Time – The end of the world… as we know it!
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 12-19) in which Jesus tells the disciples that no matter what they face, [...]
Gospel Reflection – Tuesday 34th Week of Ordinary Time – Signs of the end before the end
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 5-11) in which the disciples ask Jesus when the end of times will [...]
Gospel Reflection – Monday 34th Week of Ordinary Time – The cost of the gift
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21:1-4) in which Jesus sees a poor widow put two very small copper coins [...]
Gospel Reflection – Saturday 33rd Week of Ordinary Time – Resurrection from the Dead
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 20: 27-40) in which some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, [...]