Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 13-19) in which Simon Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God and Jesus says of him, ‘on this rock I will build my church’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Leo whose memorial we [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (15: 1-10), in which Jesus tells the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin and says, 'there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents'. Today’s gospel gives us two parables on forgiveness. These two [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 25-33), in which Jesus says,' whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple'. In this gospel Jesus does not pull his punches, and here he delivers a series of devastating body-blows to anyone who is looking for easy [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (10: 11-16) in which Jesus says, 'I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep'. Afterwards, Fr [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 12-14) in which Jesus says when you give a lunch or dinner, do not invite those who can repay you, instead invite those who cannot repay you - the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind - and you will be blessed. Fr [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 1-12), in which Jesus says, 'Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven'. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the feast of All Saints which we celebrate today. All Saints' Day is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, [...]
Today, Dr Madeline Beveridge, Pastoral Projects Leader from the Diocese of Lismore, reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 1-6) in which the Pharisees take Jesus to task about healing on the Sabbath. Madeline says in today’s Gospel we see Jesus at a Pharisee’s house on the Sabbath. When a man suffering from dropsy is [...]
Today, Dr Madeline Beveridge, Pastoral Projects Leader from the Diocese of Lismore, reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 31-35) in which Jesus tells the Pharisees: ‘Today and tomorrow I drive out devils and heal, but on the third day I attain my end’. Madeline says in today’s Gospel, the Pharisees urge Jesus to flee, [...]
Today, Marg Gobius, the Leader of School Evangelisation at MacKillop College reads from the Gospel of Luke (13:22-30) in which Jesus says, ‘There are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.' Marg says, in the Gospel story, Jesus paints a striking picture of a narrow [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of St Simon and St Jude, Marg Gobius, the Leader of School Evangelisation at MacKillop College reads from the Gospel of Luke (6:12-19) in which Jesus went out into the hills to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God and when day came, [...]