Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16:20-23) in which Jesus says, “You are sad now, but I will see you again and your hearts will be full of joy, and that joy no one shall take from you. When that day comes you will not ask me any questions”.Fr Paul says The Lord describes the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16:16-20) in which Jesus says, “You will be weeping and wailing while the world will rejoice. You will sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy”.Fr Paul says, the return of Jesus to the Father meant that He would no longer be visibly present among his [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 12-15) in which Jesus says, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you the complete truth since he will not be speaking for himself but will say only what he has learnt, and he will tell you of the things to come”.Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 5-11) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.”.In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we have a language problem. Paraclete means advocate, lawyer or attorney. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (15: 26 – 16: 4) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “When the Advocate comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father he will be my witness – And you, too, will be witnesses because you [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (15: 18-21) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before you”. Fr Paul says this Gospel gives us one of the few historical allusions in the discourse: ‘If they persecuted me, they will persecute you, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (15: 12-17) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “This is my commandment: Love on another as I have loved you. A man can have no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (15: 9-11) in which Jesus says to his disciples “If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my own joy may be [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (15: 1-8) in which Jesus says to his disciples “Make your home in me as I make mine in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself but must remain part of the vine. Neither can you unless you remain in me”. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (14:27-31) in which Jesus says to his disciples “Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace the world cannot give. This is my gift to you.” Fr Paul says this reading starts with Jesus’ greeting of ‘Peace’. This was the [...]