Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 25-30) in which Jesus says, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children’. Afterwards Fr Paul shares a little about St Francis of Assisi, whose memorial [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 13-16) in which Jesus says, ‘Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me’. Fr Paul says the failure of the Jews, as a whole, to respond to the Messiah was [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 1-5, 10) in which Jesus says, ‘do not despise any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about The Holy Guardian Angels, whose [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 1-5) in which Jesus says, ‘whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me’. Afterwards Fr Paul shares a little about St Therese of the Child [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 47-52) in which Jesus says, ‘the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast out into the sea that drags in a haul of all kinds of fish’. Afterwards Fr Paul shares a little about St Jerome, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says [...]
Today as we celebrate the lives of St Michael, Gabriel, Raphael – the Archangels, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 47-51) in which Jesus tells Nathanael that he will see ‘heaven laid open, and above the Son of Man the angels of God ascending and descending’. In relation to St [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 35-37) in which Jesus says, ‘The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Vincent de Paul whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Vincent de Paul was born in Aquitaine [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 18-22) in which Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah when Jesus asks, ‘Who do you say I am?. Fr Paul says Peter’s profession of faith in Jesus as God’s anointed messenger occurs, of course, in each of the first three gospels (Luke, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 7-9) in which Herod, the tetrarch is perplexed by what he hears about Jesus after having put John the Baptist to death. Fr Paul says in Luke’s Gospel he does not include the account of the murder of John the Baptist by Herod [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 1-6) in which Jesus sends the Twelve out to proclaim the kingdom of God, giving them power and authority, telling them to take nothing for the journey. Fr Paul says the Gospel tells us the apostles are to take no unnecessary things, not [...]