Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (4: 16-30) in which Jesus goes to the synagogue in Nazareth, where he had been brought up, on the Sabbath day and read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 14-30) in which Jesus tells the parable of talents about a man who gave his wealth to his servants to invest, each according to their ability. Fr Paul says this is a long and detailed parable by Matthew. The central message though is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 1-13) in which Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids. Fr Paul says the principal moment of a wedding in the time of Jesus was when the groom went to pick up the bride from her father’s house and take [...]
On the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 17-29) in which tells how Herod came to have John the Baptist beheaded. Fr Paul says Saint John the Baptist has two feasts. This one, in August, which celebrates his death, and the [...]
As we celebrate the life of St Augustine, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 27-32) in which Jesus continues to call out the scribes and Pharisees, saying ‘you appear to people from the outside like good honest men but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness’. Fr Paul [...]
As we celebrate the life of St Monica Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 23-26) in which Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees for neglecting the weightier matters of the Law. Fr Paul says Monica was born at Thagaste in Africa of a Christian family. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 13-22) in which Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees saying, ‘Alas for you, blind guides!’. Fr Paul says this passage brings the first four of the seven ‘alas’s!’ against the scribes and Pharisees. These are not curses in the [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of St Bartholomew, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 45-51) in which Jesus seeing Nathanael approaching said, ‘There is an Israelite, who deserves the name incapable of deceit.’ Nathanael responds asking Jesus, ‘How do you know me?'. Fr Paul says Bartholomew was born [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (22: 34-40) in which Jesus responds to the question ‘which is the greatest commandment?’ saying, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is [...]
As we celebrate the Queenship of Mary, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (22: 1-14) in which Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a king who gave a feast for his son’s wedding, saying, ‘Many are invited, but few are chosen’. Fr Paul says the doctrine of the Assumption, [...]