by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 15, 2025 | Homilies
When most people hear about the Ark of the Covenant, they think about the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The ark hunted by Indiana Jones was designed by God. God gave the design for the Ark of the Covenant to Moses at Mount Sinai. The Ark was a...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 3, 2025 | Homilies
Rembrandt, The Rich Fool (c. 1627) In ancient Judaism, there were strict rules about inheritance. The book of Deuteronomy prescribes: “On the day when a man assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons… he shall acknowledge the first-born… by giving him a...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 28, 2025 | Homilies
Bartolomeo Manfredi, Saints Peter and Paul (c. 1620) At birth, Peter was given the name Simon. Simon’s father was John and his brother was Andrew. Simon’s cousins were James and John. Simon and his family grew up in the town of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. By...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 22, 2025 | Homilies
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek (c. 1668), Juan Antonio de Frias y Escalante Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious figures of the Old Testament. Unlike other patriarchs, we are told neither of his genealogy nor his death. To understand the significance of...
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...
