Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 20-28) in which Jesus tells the disciples, ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you must realise that she will soon be laid desolate’. Fr Paul in this Gospel Luke focuses on a horror to come and that is the destruction of Jerusalem. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 12-19) in which Jesus tells the disciples that no matter what they face, he will give them words and wisdom that their adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict. Fr Paul says today’s reading is almost a summary of the Acts [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 21: 5-11) in which the disciples ask Jesus when the end of times will come and what signs they should look for. Fr Paul says each of the three synoptic Gospels – Matthew, Luke and Mark – have this great discourse by Jesus before [...]
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 into the temple treasury as her offering. Fr Paul says, sandwiched between the criticism of lawyers who swallow up the property of widows and Jesus’ prophecy of the destruction of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of (Luke 20: 27-40) in which some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, question Jesus about resurrection in terms of family relationships. Fr Paul says today’s gospel is a discussion between the Sadducees and Jesus on faith in the resurrection. Straight away we [...]
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 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 [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 35-43) in which Jesus heals a blind man’s sight while approaching Jericho. The gospel today tells us that Jesus has arrived in Jericho. This is the last stop before Jesus goes to Jerusalem to suffer and die. Today we hear about the blind [...]