Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 36-50) in which a woman of poor reputation anoints the feet of Jesus with expensive ointment. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is a story of devotion and repentance, but a story also of the welcome of Jesus. Jesus does not rebuke the sinner [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 31-35) in which Jesus says his generation is like children sitting in the marketplace, calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance”. Fr Paul says the whole point of a parable is that it is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 11-17) in which Jesus feels great compassion for a widow whose only son just died; he tells her not to cry and brings the son back to life by touching the bier on which his body was carried, saying ‘Young man, I tell [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (17: 11-19) in which Jesus prays, ‘Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the lives of St Cornelius and St Cyprian [...]
As we celebrate the feast of The Exaltation of the Cross also known as ‘The Triumph of the Cross’ , Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (3: 13-17) in which Jesus says to Nicodemus ‘For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 1-10, 13-20) in which Jesus shares the Parable of the Sower as he is teaching the crowds from a boat at the lake. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Chrysostom, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul [...]
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, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly’. Fr Paul says Luke’s version of the Beatitudes puts the emphasis not on Christian attitudes, as Matthew’s [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 20-26) in which Jesus shares the blessings and woes of that come with trying to live a life that will be rewarded in heaven. Fr Paul says Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount and this gospel, Luke’s Sermon on the Plain, are both collections [...]
Fr Paul Gooley 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 pray to God. Fr Paul says prayer is important to our Gospel Writer, Luke, which may be why he shows Jesus spending the whole night [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 6-11) in which Jesus is at the synagogue teaching on the Sabbath and heals a man with a withered hand. Fr Paul says this is a second story about the authority of Jesus to break the Sabbath. This story is a little puzzling, [...]