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_gospel-reflection-thursday-1-december-1st-week-of-advent-jesus-challenges-us.webp "Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (7: 21, 24-27) in which Jesus says 'everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock'.nnContinuing to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’ booklet* for our daily reflections, Fr Paul says here we are invited to reflect on two related questions: am I on the path to holiness, and am I building my life on the rock that is God?Jesus challenges he disciples in this passage to make a")
⏲ 4 min 5 sec ✓ 28-Nov-2022
_gospel-reflection-wednesday-4-august-18th-week-of-ordinary-time-st-john-vianney.webp "Today, as we remember the life of St John Vianney, Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, uses the Gospel reading of the Feast day in the Proper of the Saints from Matthew (9:35-38 – 10:1) in which Jesus says, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few'.nnAfter reading the Gospel, Anne notes that St John Vianney is the patron saint of Parish priests and so on this day we give special thanks for our Parish Priest, Fr Paul Gooley. He is an absolute blessing to")
⏲ 3 min 4 sec ✓ 02-Aug-2021
_gospel-reflection-saturday-17-december-3rd-week-of-advent-the-genealogy-of-jesus.webp "Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 1-17) in which the generations from Abraham to David, from David to the Babylonian deportation, and from the Babylonian deportation to Christ are recounted.nnFr Paul continues to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’* resource for our daily reflections which asks us to consider the following:nnMatthew reveals to us, through the genealogy of Jesus, God's plan for salvation - the plan of a new creation that God promised and realised through Jesus Ch")
⏲ 5 min 62 sec ✓ 12-Dec-2022
_gospel-reflection-tuesday-32nd-week-ordinary-time-14-november-we-are-but-servants.webp "Fr Paul Gooley reads from Luke’s Gospel (17: 7-10) in which Jesus speaks about our duty of service to one another. nnFr Paul says the Gospel we hear today contains a parable that is only found in Luke’s Gospel. Service is a theme that Luke likes, and the parable here wants to teach us that our life has to be characterized by an attitude of service. The parable contains three questions that are ultimately answered by Jesus.nnThe three questions that Jesus asks are taken from daily life so tha")
⏲ 2 min 48 sec ✓ 13-Nov-2023
_gospel-reflection-wednesday-3-november-31st-week-of-ordinary-time-the-cost-of-following-jesus.webp "Today, Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission, reads from Luke’s Gospel (14: 25-33) in which Jesus says ‘anyone who does not carry their cross and come after me cannot be my disciple’.nnAnne says this makes me think of our buy now pay later society – we’ve all seen the adds – fill in the form and soon you’ll a wonderful new sofa, a fantastic new mattress, that sounds system you’ve always wanted or a massive television screen, however, sooner or later you’ll need to pay it back and")
⏲ 3 min 32 sec ✓ 28-Oct-2021
_gospel-reflection-tuesday-20-december-4th-week-of-advent-god-is-with-us.webp "Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which the angel Gabriel visits Mary, who trusts the Holy Spirit and accepts the angel’s message.nnFr Paul continues to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’* resource for our daily reflections which asks us to consider the following:nnIn the person of Jesus Christ, we witness something radically new. For the first time in human history, God takes on a human nature and becomes one of us. Can we ever fathom the radical act of generosity t")
⏲ 4 min 52 sec ✓ 19-Dec-2022
_gospel-reflection-saturday-7-august-18th-week-of-ordinary-time.webp "Faith can move mountainsnnAnne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on the Gospel from Matthew (17: 14-20) in which Jesus says, “if your faith were the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you”.nnIn today’s gospel, Jesus has just arrived in Caesarea, a pagan city full of shrines and a man comes up to him with his sick child looking for a cure; pa")
_gospel-reflection-friday-2-december-1st-week-of-advent-jesus-gives-us-light.webp "Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 27-31) in which two blind men came to Jesus seeking healing and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”.nnFr Paul, continues to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’ booklet* for our daily reflections, saying the blind men encountered Jesus, and although they could not see, they knew Jesus and knew he was the Messiah. Isn’t it interesting that they were able to ‘see’ something that others with sight could not? They ins")
⏲ 3 min 86 sec ✓ 28-Nov-2022
_gospel-reflection-saturday-3-december-1st-week-of-advent-st-francis-xavier.webp "Today as we celebrate the memorial of St Francis Xavier, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 35 – 10: 1, 6, 8) in which Jesus sends his disciples out to the lost sheep of Israel to proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.nnFr Paul continues to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’ booklet for our daily reflections, saying God’s love is revealed in scripture. An example of that is the particularly beautiful passage from the prophet Ezekiel:nn“Thus says the Lord God: I m")
⏲ 4 min 71 sec ✓ 28-Nov-2022
_gospel-reflection-saturday-10-december-2nd-week-of-advent-good-news-for-everyone.webp "Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 10-13) in which the disciples question Jesus saying, ‘Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?’.nnFr Paul continues to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’ resource for our daily reflections which asks us to consider the following:nnWinston Churchill once said, people")
⏲ 4 min 14 sec ✓ 05-Dec-2022
_gospel-reflection-monday-12-december-3rd-week-of-advent-source-of-authority.webp "Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (21: 23-27) in which Jesus was in the temple teaching, when the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him and said, “What authority have you for acting like this? And who gave you this authority?”nnFr Paul continues to read from the ‘Heart of the Disciple’ resource for our daily reflections which asks us to consider the following:nnWe consider today the way in which the religious leaders challenged Jesus, wanting to know the source of")
⏲ 4 min 13 sec ✓ 05-Dec-2022
_gospel-reflection-friday-31st-week-ordinary-time-10-november-st-leo-the-great.webp "Today as we celebrate the memorial of St Leo the Great – Pope and Doctor of the Church, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish reads from Luke’s Gospel (16: 1-8) in which Jesus tells the parable of the shrewd manager. nnTony makes three unrelated and, maybe, unknown points about today’s Gospel and Memorial. nnThe first: is that if you’ve been following our daily reflections, you will have noticed that we missed all of Chapter 15 of Luke’s Gospel. Chapter 15 is")
⏲ 3 min 47 sec ✓ 06-Nov-2023
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