by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 20, 2024 | Newsletter
Our Lord used many images and analogies to help us understand the supernatural and sacred mysteries. On one occasion (John 10), He used the image of sheep-farming. Jesus compares Himself to a good shepherd, His disciples to sheep, and the devil to a hireling or...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 14, 2024 | Newsletter
Many Catholics find the Old Testament difficult to understand. The apostles also struggled to understand the Old Testament, even though they were much more familiar with it than Catholics tend to be. In the days after His Resurrection, Jesus spent a lot of time...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska was a young religious in a convent in Krakow, Poland. She died on October 5, 1938. However, during the period between 1931 and 1938, our Lord appeared to her several times with messages about His great mercy. In obedience to our Lord and...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Mar 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dear brothers and sisters, as we hear in the Exsultet at the Easter Vigil, this is the “truly blessed night, when things of heaven are wed to those of earth, and divine to the human.” The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Good News of Christianity. Humanity...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Mar 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
These coming days are the holiest in the Christian year. Over this week, we recall the events of our salvation. In these events, Our Lord saved us from eternal death and sin by meriting the outpouring of sanctifying grace and the opening of the gates of heaven. The...