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, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (20: 1-16) in which Jesus tells the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Pius X whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Pius was born in the village of Riese, near [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 23-30) in which Jesus tells his disciples that with God ‘all things are possible’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Bernard or Clairvaux whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Bernard was born near Dijon, in France, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 16-22) in which a rich young man asks Jesus, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?”. Fr Paul says in this story of the rich man, Matthew has taken Mark’s story and tidied it up in a way which [...]