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 Luke (17: 11-19) in which Jesus heals ten lepers but only one returns to say thank you. Today, we hear in the gospel about the cure of 10 lepers of which only one, the Samaritan, an enemy of the Jews, comes back and thanks Jesus. [...]
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 [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (2: 13-22) in which Jesus drives the money changers out of the temple saying, ‘take all of this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market’. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the Dedication of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (16: 1-8), in which Jesus tells the parable of the shrewd manager, who is asked to give an account of his management of the master's resources. This parable can be deeply disturbing if we think that God is praising the steward for his fraud! [...]
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 Luke (14: 15-24), in which Jesus tells the parable of the great banquet. Here is a third parable about dinner-parties, for Luke likes threes. Luke and Matthew treat this same story differently. Matthew’s is a royal wedding-banquet and therefore is on a grander scale: the [...]