Fr Paul Gooley reads from Luke’s Gospel (19: 41-44) in which Jesus arrives in Jerusalem and, as he arrives, he shed tears and tells of a dark future for the city and its people. Fr Paul says Jesus sheds tears because he loves his homeland; he loves his people; he loves the capital [...]
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 [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 27-38) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Elizabeth of Hungary whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says, St Elizabth was a daughter of the King [...]
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 [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (17: 20-26) in which Jesus prays for all believers saying, 'Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 31-40) in which Jesus says, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you [...]
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 [...]