by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 14, 2025 | Homilies
The Trinity by Laurent Girardin (c. 1478) This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, held in 325AD. Once Christianity was legalised by the Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan in 313AD, the bishops of the Church had the liberty to think more...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | May 24, 2025 | Homilies
Recreation of the Roman Forum, print by Theodor Joseph Hubert Hoffbauer (c. 1911) At the time of Jesus, the Roman state was known as the Roman Empire. It had not always been this way. For centuries, the Roman state had been a democracy and was known as the Roman...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | May 17, 2025 | Homilies
In the Old Testament, there is only one person who can give commandments, and that is God. Sure, the Ten Commandments were given through Moses, but they were not given by Moses: they were given by God. When Jesus gives a new commandment at the Last Supper, He is...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | May 10, 2025 | Homilies
Whenever God needs a leader for his people, his first preference is for a shepherd. Abel, the son of Adam, “was a keeper of sheep,” (Gen 4:2). Likewise, Abraham was “rich in cattle” (Gen 13:2). Isaac, too, “had possessions of flocks and herds” (Gen 26:14). Jacob also...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | May 10, 2025 | Newsletter
Pope Leo XIV departs the Sistine Chapel after offering Mass with the College of Cardinals. I want to repeat the words from the responsorial Psalm: “I will sing a new song to the Lord, because he has done marvels.” And indeed, not just with me but with all of us. My...