Today as we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-30) in which Jesus, while on the cross, says to his mother, “Woman, this is your son,” then to the disciple he loved who was nearby, “This is your mother.” From [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (21: 20-25) in which Jesus responds to a question asked by Peter saying ‘If I want him [the beloved disciple] to stay behind until I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me’. Fr Paul says, the question often asked [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (21: 15-19) in which three times Jesus asks Simon Peter ‘Do you love me?’. After Simon Peter affirms this each time, Jesus replies with ‘Feed my sheep’ or ‘Take care of my sheep’. Fr Paul says this reading is used as one of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (17: 20-26) in which Jesus prays ‘Holy Father, I pray not only for these but for those also who through their words will believe in me – may they all be one, Father – may they be one in us’. Fr Paul says in [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (17: 11-19) in which Jesus prays ‘Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name.’ Fr Paul says this middle part of the high priestly prayer of Jesus centres on the separation of the followers of Jesus from the world. Jesus [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (15: 9-17) in which Jesus says ‘This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you. A person can have no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Matthias whose [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (16: 29-33) in which the disciples tell Jesus they believe he came from God and Jesus says ‘I have told you these things, so that you might find peace in me. In the world you will have trouble but be brave: I have conquered [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (16: 23-28) in which Jesus says to his disciples, ‘Anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive’. Fr Paul says in today’s gospel [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (16: 20-23) in which Jesus says to his disciples, ‘You are sad now, but I shall see you again and your hearts will be full of joy, and that joy no one shall take from you’. Fr Paul says the Lord describes the pain [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (16: 16-20) in which Jesus says to his disciples, ‘In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later while you will see me again… you will be weeping and wailing while the world will rejoice. You will [...]