Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 54-58) in which the reaction of the people from his hometown to his teaching in the synagogue, prompts Jesus to say “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home’. After the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (13: 16-20) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘No servant is greater than his master, no is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know this happiness will be yours if you behave accordingly’. Fr Paul says this is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 25 – 30) in which Jesus says, 'I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were please to [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (10: 1 – 10) in which Jesus tells the Pharisees about the good shepherd and his sheep. Fr Paul says, the presentation of the Good Shepherd is the nearest approach to a parable given to us in the Gospel of John. Jesus tells it [...]
As we celebrate ANZAC Day, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (12: 23-28) in which Jesus says, ‘If someone serves me, they must follow me; wherever I am, my servant will be there, too. If anyone serves me my Father will honor them’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 52-59) in which Jesus says, ‘As I who am sent by the living Father myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me’. Fr Paul says in this Gospel we hear another interruption from the Jews and [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 44-51) in which Jesus says, ‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The bread that I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.”’. Fr Paul says in [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 35-40) in which Jesus says, “It is my Father’s will that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise them up at the last day’. Fr Paul says the words of Jesus here carry [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 30-35) in which Jesus tells the people, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never thirst’. Fr Paul says this passage in the synagogue at Capernaum launches the sermon on [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 22-29) in which the people ask Jesus, ‘What must we do if we are to do the works God wants?’ and he answers, ‘This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent’. Fr Paul says the crowds who [...]