Pastoral

Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (1: 29-39) in which Jesus heals many people including the mother-in-law of his disciple, Simon-Peter. [...]

Fr Paul Gooley begins by explaining the cycle of readings we hear on Sundays and on weekdays and then he reads today’s Gospel [...]

Today as we start the first week of Ordinary Time in the Church’s year, we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. Fr Paul [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 6-11) in which, as Jesus was coming up out of the water after [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 43-51) in which word about Jesus spreads and Philip, who has decided to [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 35-42) in which some of John the Baptist’s disciples leave him to follow [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 29-34) in which John the Baptist seeing Jesus coming toward him says, ‘Look, [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 19-28) in which John the Baptist declares he is not the Christ and [...]

On this New Year’s Day Fr Paul Gooley wishes everyone a happy and blessed New Year before reading today’s Gospel from of Luke [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 36-40) in which Anna, an old widow of great faith, gives thanks and [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 22-35) in which tells of Joseph and Mary taking Jesus to be presented [...]

On the fourth day of the Christmas Octave, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (2: 13-18) in which tells of [...]

On the third day of the Christmas Octave, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (20: 2-8) in which Mary of [...]

On the second day of the Christmas Octave, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 17-22) in which Jesus says [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 57-66), which tells the story of the birth of John the Baptist. Fr [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-45), in which Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth in the hill country of [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38), a continuation of the series, previously we heard the birth of John [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 5-25) in which the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and Elizabeth [...]

In these days we truly begin the countdown to the event of Christmas, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 10-13) in which the disciples ask Jesus to explain parts of scripture to [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 16-19) in which Jesus compares his generation with children shouting to each other [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 11-15) in which Jesus spoke to the crowds saying ‘Of all the children [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus says, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and [...]

Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 12-14) in which Jesus uses the idea of a shepherd searching for a [...]