by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 17, 2025 | Homilies
Homily for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7.30pm Thursday 17th April 2025St Francis Xavier Church, Corio In human society, we show our love for each other by giving each other gifts. Our gifts are tangible, outward expressions of our inward love. We give each...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Mar 15, 2025 | Newsletter
Well done on positively shouting “I believe” last week when you recited the Creed at Sunday Mass. I could almost hear you all the way over here. Today we will move forward a little into the Nicene Creed to a phrase that always gives me goosebumps when I think about...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Mar 8, 2025 | Newsletter
By Dr Philippa Martyr at the Catholic Weekly This year, we’re celebrating 1700 years of the Nicene Creed. That’s the creed you usually say at Mass on Sundays—the longer one. The Nicene Creed is amazing. It’s full of mystery, poetry, and historical fact. It took a long...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Mar 1, 2025 | Newsletter
The Catechism addresses euthanasia in paragraphs 2276-2279. There we read: “Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable. … [A]n act or omission...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Feb 1, 2025 | Newsletter
God has given each of us unique gifts and talents. As Saint Paul teaches, “You together are Christ’s body; but each of you is a different part of it” (1 Cor 12:27). Saint Peter explains that God has given us these gifts for a purpose: “As each has received a gift, use...