Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 20-26) in which Jesus Jesus says if you are in conflict with someone, settle the matter quickly so that it does not escalate to something worse. Fr Paul says the righteousness of the Christian must pass that of even the strict observance [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (7: 7-12) in which Jesus says, 'Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 29-32) in which Jesus chastises the crowd he addresses saying, ‘This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah '. Fr Paul says at times the Pharisees ask for a [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (6: 7-15) in which Jesus Jesus invites people to pray simply because 'your Father knows what you need before you ask', and then teaches them The Lord's Prayer. Fr Paul says Matthew puts the Lord’s Prayer right in the middle of the Sermon [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 31-46) in which the disciples ask Jesus, 'When did we see you hungry or thirsty or in need and not help?' and he says, 'whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (5: 27-32) in which Jesus is questioned about the company he keeps, responds saying 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners'. Fr Paul says at the very beginning [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 14-15) in which Jesus is questioned about why his disciples do not fast, to which he replies, 'How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 22-25) in which Jesus says, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life'. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (6: 1-6, 16-18) in which Jesus says, 'when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 28-31) in which Jesus promises eternal life to those who follow him after Peter asks, ‘What about us? We left everything to follow you’. Fr Paul says this little story is essentially a repeat of Jesus’s teaching about wealth. Wealth makes entering the [...]