Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 18-23) in which Jesus explains the meaning of the Parable of the Sower. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Joachim and St Anne, whose memorials we celebrate today. Fr Paul says St Joachim and St Anne were the parents of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (20: 20-28) in which the mother of Zebedee’s sons comes to Jesus with her sons to ask a favor of him. Afterwards Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St James whose feast we celebrate today. Fr Paul says St James is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 1-9) in which Jesus, again, teaches the people through parables (or stories) using subjects which were familiar to the listeners in this case a farmer sowing seed. Fr Paul says at the heart of this parable is the generous sowing of the seed, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 46-50) in which Jesus says, ‘whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother’. Fr Paul says in this gospel Matthew redefines family relationships in the context of the Kingdom of God. Jesus' response to being [...]
Today, as we celebrate the feast of St Mary Magadalene, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (20: 1-2, 11-18) in which Mary of Magdala goes to the tomb of Jesus early in the morning only to discover it empty. Fr Paul says Mary Magadalene’s early visit to the tomb is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 14-21) in which Jesus fulfills what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, the favourite of my soul; I will endow him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim the true faith to the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 1-8) in which Jesus goes through the cornfields on the Sabbath and his disciples, who were hungry, began to pick ears of corn and eat them. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is, again, another example of Jesus challenging the rigid mindset of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus exclaims, “Come to me, all you who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest.” Fr Paul says when we look a pair of oxen and the yoke that is on their shoulders, we know that to [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 25-27) in which Jesus says, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the wise and learned and revealing them to mere children.” Fr Paul says this much-loved and encouraging passage tells of the intimacy of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 20-24) in which Jesus reproaches the communities in which most of his miracles had been worked because they refused to repent, saying ‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida!’. Fr Paul says the failure of the Jews as a whole to respond [...]