Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (12: 23-28) in which Jesus says ‘Unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest’. Today, especially, Fr Paul remembers all the priests and ministers of other denominations who [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (6: 22-29) in which Jesus tells the crowds who followed him, ‘Do not work for food that cannot last, but work for food that endures to eternal life, the kind of food the Son of Man is offering you. For on him God the Father [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (6: 16-21) in which the disciples were in a boat on the lake during a fierce storm when Jesus approached the boat, walking on the water. Fr Paul says the Greek ‘Ego eimi’ literally means ‘I am’ but sadly it translates in the Gospel as ‘It [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (6: 1-15) in which Jesus feeds a crowd of five thousand people who gathered to listen to his word.Fr Paul says in John’s Gospel the multiplication of the loaves is a messianic sign that reveals to us a deeper significance of who Jesus is and [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 31-36) in which John the Baptist says to his followers ‘the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God; God gives him the Spirit without reserve. The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to him. Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life’.Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 16-21) in which Jesus says to Nicodemus, ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life’. Fr Paul says the revelation of the Father in Jesus, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 7-15) in which Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be open to the Spirit so that he can gain a greater understanding of heavenly things.Fr Paul says Nicodemus is a figure who gradually comes out of darkness – the realm of evil, untruth and ignorance. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 1-8) in which a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council seeks Jesus out under the cover of darkness to learn more about his teachings.Fr Paul says as soon as the first week of rejoicing at the Resurrection of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 9-15) in which Jesus came among the Eleven as they were eating, rebuking them for their lack of faith and telling them ‘Go out to whole the world, proclaim the good news to all creation’.Fr Paul says there is general agreement among scholars that [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 1-14) in which Jesus shows himself again to the disciples on the shore of the Sea of Tiberius after they had spent the night, unsuccessfully, fishing.Fr Paul says this is one of his favourite passages in the scriptures with image of Jesus and the [...]