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 [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (14: 21-26) in which Jesus says to his disciples “If anyone loves me they will keep my word. My Father will love them, and we shall come to them and make our home with them.” Fr Paul says the Gospel today begins to teach what [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (14: 7-14) in which Jesus says to his disciples “If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” Fr Paul says this is the second time this week that we have [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (14: 1-6) in which Jesus comforts his disciples saying “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there [...]
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 reads from the Gospel of John (14: 6-14) in Jesus says to Thomas ‘I am the way, the truth and life no one can come to the Father except through me’. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about St Philip and James, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (10: 22-30) in which Jesus says to the Jews who were gathered around him in the temple courts, ‘The works I do in my Father’s name are my witness, but you do not believe because you are no my sheep of mine. The sheep that belong [...]