Holy Week began with Palm Sunday celebrations and today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (12: 1-11) which tells the story of the anointing of Jesus’ feet with costly ointment at Bethany six days before he makes his way to Jerusalem for Passover. Fr Paul says in Mark and Matthew [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (11: 45-56) in which the Chief Priests and Pharisees meet to decide what to do about Jesus. Fr Paul says the Gospel reading takes us to the aftermath of the raising of Lazarus. It is typical of John’s contrasts that the gift of life given [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the John (10: 31-42) in which the Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone Jesus. Fr Paul says this scene of confrontation between Jesus and his opponents takes place at the Festival of the Dedication. This agrees with John’s theme that Jesus takes over, or centres in [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the John (8: 51-59) in which Jesus says ‘whoever obeys my word will never see death’. Fr Paul says the Gospel passage brings to its climax the account of the confrontation of Jesus with ‘the Jews’ in the Temple at the Festival of Tabernacles. The gospel tells [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the John (8: 31-42) in which Jesus says to the Jews that believed him, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ Fr Paul says the Gospel passage continues the confrontation [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (8: 21-30) in which Jesus tells the people about the Father but they fail to understand what he is telling them. Fr Paul says scene in the Temple we’ve heard today is full of questions: ‘Where is your Father?’, ‘Is he going to kill himself?’, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (8: 1-11) in which the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman, who had been caught in adultery, to Jesus to test him and Jesus says to them, “If there is one of you who has not sinned, let him be the first to [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (7: 40-52) in which the people disagree about who Jesus is; some say he is a prophet; others that he is the Christ; others, still, question his origins. Fr Paul says the stubbornness of the opponents of Jesus becomes unmistakable. At first there is still [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (7: 1-2, 10, 25-30) in which Jesus proclaims, as he teaches in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of myself; no, there is one who sent me, and I really come from him, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (5: 31-47) in which Jesus says, “my testimony is greater than John’s; the works my Father has given me to carry out, these same works of mine, testify that the Father has sent me”. Fr Paul says this Gospel reading continues the confrontation of [...]