Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (20: 17-28) in which Jesus says, ‘anyone who wants to be great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first you must be your slave— just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 1-12) in which Jesus says to the crowds and to his disciples: “The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses. You must, therefore, do what they tell you and listen to what they say. But do not be guided by what [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Luke (6: 36-38) in which Jesus says to his disciples, ‘Do not judge and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven’. Fr Paul says the atmosphere of the day is given [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 43-48) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you’ and invites us to strive be perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel theme is to pray for those who persecute you. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 20-26) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘If you are offering your gift at the altar and remember that your brother or sister has something against you, first go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift’. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (7: 7-12) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘Ask and it will be given to you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; and to [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Luke (11: 29-32) in which Jesus says, ‘This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah’. Fr Paul says the theme of today’s Gospel is that Jesus will be a sign just like Jonah. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (6: 7-15) in which Jesus teaches his disciples to pray and tells them to keep it simple because ‘the Father knows what you need before you ask him’. Fr Paul says our Gospel today is about how to pray. Matthew puts the Lord’s Prayer right [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (25: 31-46) in which Jesus tells the parable of the sheep and the goats to explain how God will judge people’s actions. Fr Paul says this is the last of Matthew’s great parables. The world is finally divided into the ‘goodies’ and the ‘baddies’. The [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Luke (5: 27-32) in which Jesus says to the scribes and Pharisees, who chastise him for eating with sinners ‘It is not those who are well who need the doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners to repentance.” Fr [...]