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 from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which Mary is greeted by the Angel Gabriel saying “Rejoice so highly favored! The Lord is with you” and she responds to God’s request saying, “I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me”. Fr [...]
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 Matthew (1: 16, 18-21, 24) in which an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, telling him, ‘do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because she has conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit’. Fr Paul says we [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (5: 17 - 30) Jesus says, ‘My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.’ Fr Paul says, in today’s gospel we see the Jews getting more upset with and trying to kill Jesus because he says [...]