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 [...]
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 [...]