Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (16: 5-11) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “now I am going to him who sent me.” Fr Paul says in today’s gospel we have a language problem. Paraclete means advocate, lawyer or attorney. The Lord says that he will prove the world [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (15: 26 - 16: 4) in which Jesus says, “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will be my witness and you will be witnesses because you have been [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (15: 18-21) in which Jesus says, “Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.” Fr Paul says this passage gives us one of the few historical allusions in the discourse: ‘If they persecuted me they will persecute you too.’ [...]
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 [...]
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 Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (15: 1-8) in which Jesus says, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more’. Fr [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (14: 27-31) in which Jesus says, ‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you, a peace the world cannot give. This is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid’. This reading starts with Jesus’ greeting of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (14: 21-26) in which Jesus says, “The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them”. This reading begins to teach what love means: to love Jesus means to keep his commandments. This [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 22- 25) in which Jesus said to his disciples, ‘You will be hated by all men because of my name, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St [...]
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 [...]