Today, as we celebrate the lives of St Andrew Dung Lac and his companions, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 1-4) in which Jesus says of a widow’s temple gift, ‘All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Matthew 25: 1-13) in which Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids and says, ‘keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Cecilia, whose memorial we celebrate [...]
Today, as we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Matthew 12: 46-50) in which Jesus says, ‘Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother’. Fr Paul says we celebrate the feast of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from Luke’s Gospel (19: 41-44) in which Jesus arrives in Jerusalem and, as he arrives, he shed tears and tells of a dark future for the city and its people. Fr Paul says Jesus sheds tears because he loves his homeland; he loves his people; he loves the capital [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 19: 11-28) in which Jesus tells a parable about a nobleman who gave his servants money to invest while he is away visiting a distant country. Fr Paul says this parable has been developed out of the same material as Matthew’s parable of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 19:1-10) in which Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector, climbed a sycamore-fig tree to get a glimpse of Jesus above the crowd. Fr Paul says this story of the rich little tax-collector of Jericho is always a bit of a favourite. It is a constant [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 27-38) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Elizabeth of Hungary whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says, St Elizabth was a daughter of the King [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 1-8) in which Jesus tells the parable of the persistent widow to show his disciples that they should always pray and not give up. Today’s gospel tells us of another thing that is very dear to Luke’s heart and that is prayer. It [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 26-37) in which Jesus says, 'Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it'. Yesterday’s gospel gave us the description of when the kingdom of God was to come, it was ‘among you’ or ‘within [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 20-25) in which Jesus, when asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, said, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because [...]