Outside The Chapel

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master!  Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed.  And one of them, realizing he had...

The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.   ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “...

Jesus said to the Pharisees: "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to t...

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘There was a rich man and he had a steward denounced to him for being wasteful with his property. He called for the man and said, “What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer.” Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am n...

There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he spoke this parable to them:   ‘What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wild...

Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.   ‘And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out th...

On a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this, ‘When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited, and the person who...

Gospel Luke 13: 22-30 Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.  ‘Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying,...

Luke 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!  ‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three; t...

In this first episode of Season Two, Fr Rob Galea and Danii Sullivan discuss the Scripture reading Luke 12:32-48. This is the Gospel reading for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.  LUKE 12:32-48 ‘There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. ‘Sell your possessions and give alms. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out, treasure that wi...

In this final episode of season one of the Catholic Influencer's Podcast, Fr Rob and Danii discuss their favourite episodes from season one, the release date for season two, and give a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes of making the podcast.  Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii talk discuss what the vocation to religious life looks like, especially for women and Fr Rob shares a bit about his own vocation story into the diocesan priesthood.  Danii interview Sr Mel Dwyer, a Canossian Daughter of Charity, about her vocation story and what her life as a religious sister looks like.  Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii talk discuss the difference between gluttony and food addiction and have an interview with Fr Ryan Rooney. Fr Rooney shares his story of his struggle with food addiction and how he found healing and is now helping others do the same.  Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii talk about what Evangelical poverty is and whether of not Jesus was poor.  Danii interviews Fr. Ken Barker, MGL, on his own experience of evangelical poverty, the vow of poverty taken by religious orders and how lay people can try to lead a more simple life.  Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss conversion, to christianity, to Catholicism and ongoing conversion in our everyday lives.  Danii interviews Alyssa Frizzell, a young woman with a beautiful story conversion to Catholicism with her husband.  Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss the sexual abuse crisis and the Catholic Church. They talk about some of the major sexual abuse cases from around the world and discuss the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church Summit that was held at the Vatican in February, 2019.  Danii interviews Archbishop Charles Scicluna of the Archdiocese of Mal...

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss mental illness. They share tehir personal stories of struggling with mental illness intheir own lives and how they look after their health and the impact faith has in suffering and recovery.  Danii Interviews Fr Dan Strickland, MGL, who has his masters in Counselling and sheds some light on his experience of mental...

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss addiction, how to identify addiction in your life, and ways to overcome addiction. Danii interviews Richard Gibbs from Impact Recovery, a therapeutic community in Bendigo. Richard has years of experience in walking alongside people struggling with addiction and shares the joy of freedom he gets to witness in his wo...

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss what the Catholic Church teaches about Divorce and annulment and why the sacrament of marriage is so important.  Danii interviews Sam Clear about his experience of going through the process of divorce and annulment.  Support the show

Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss the history of priests and the reason why the Catholic Church has ordained Priests. Danii interviews Fr Junray Rayna, the parish administrator from St Kilian’s Parish in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, on his vocation story and his daily life as a young priest.  Support the show

In this week's episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast, Danii and Fr Rob discuss the pros and cons of social media, what the church has said about it and 5 things Catholics should consider when they use social media. Danii interviews Richcy Orozco, founds of Catholic Connect  about how @catholicconnect grew into a huge online community for Catholics and some of the things he's learnt...

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss what the Catholic Church and the bible teach about getting tattoos and some things that should be considered when planning to get a tattoo.  Fr. Rob interviews Pastor Phillip Webb, a protestant pastor from Sydney.  Ps. Phillip completed a doctorate on Christianity and tattoos and shares his findings on the scriptur...

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss the LGBTQI+ community in the Catholic Church. Fr. Rob interviews Fr. James Martin, SJ , a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, and bestselling author, about how the Catholic Church can dialogue with and make the LGBTQI+ community feel welcomed and know they belong in the Catholic Church.  Support the...

In this episode Fr. Rob Galea and Danii Sullivan talk about the role of women in the church, from why women can’t be ordained Catholic priests to the role of women in the bible and the context in which scripture passages regarding women were written.  Fr. Rob interviews Katie Prejean , international Catholic speaker, on the challenges of being a woman in the Catholic Church and the role women need...

In this episode Fr. Rob Galea and Danii Sullivan talk about sharing your Catholic faith in Highschool. Fr Rob and Danii both talk about their experience of sharing their faith at school and 4 ways to share your faith in Highschool.   Danii  interviews Caroline, a secondary school Student from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Caroline shares the joy and struggles she finds being a young Catholic...