Today we celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord and, as Fr Paul explains, this feast is usually celebrated on 25 March but was moved because it would have fallen in Holy week due to the early Easter this year. Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which, the [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 9-15) in which, Jesus, when he appears to the Eleven tells them, ‘Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation’. Fr Paul says there is general agreement among scholars that the last few verses of Mark’s [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (21: 1-14) in which Jesus cooks breakfast for his friends on the shore of the Sea of Tiberius. Fr Paul says this Gospel brings an end to the Gospel of John and it presents a lovely scene of the disciples being re-united with [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (24: 35-48) in which Jesus comes among the disciples and says to them, “Peace be with you.” Fr Paul says in the previous Gospel reading the two disciples had met Jesus on their way to Emmaus. There Jesus had used the Eucharistic meal [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (24: 13-35) in which two followers of Jesus were on the road to a village called Emmaus, as they walked along discussing all that had happened in Jerusalem, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them but they did not recognise him. [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (20: 11-18) in which Mary, weeping outside the tomb of Jesus, does not recognise him when she encounters him. Fr Paul says, again, this is a scene of hesitation and partial recognition. One wonders if this hesitation is stressed in order to emphasise [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (28: 8-15) which tells what happened after the women discovered the empty tomb. Fr Paul says this Gospel reading starts after the first message of the angel to the women, telling them to give the news of the Resurrection to the disciples. Their [...]
On this Easter Saturday, Fr Paul shares a narrative about the history, significance of the Easter Vigil ceremony which we celebrate this evening. He invites us all to come along and be part of the special experience he describes. Fr Paul says the feast of the Resurrection of Christ is the greatest and [...]
On this Good Friday, Fr Paul shares a narrative about the history, significance and ceremony of Good Friday and he invites us all to come along to experience in person what he describes. Fr Paul says Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. It is the day on which the anniversary of [...]
Today, rather than a reflection, Fr Paul shares a narrative about the history and significance of the Holy Thursday ceremony to be celebrated tonight and he invites us all to come along to experience the ceremony he describes. Fr Paul says the Holy Thursday ceremony is the first of ceremony of the Easter [...]