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 Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (14: 21-26) in which Jesus says, ‘If anyone loves me, they will keep my word and my Father will love them, and we shall come to them and make our home in them.’ Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the live of St [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (14: 7-14) in which Jesus tells the disciples, ‘If you know me, you know my Father, too. From this moment, you know him and have seen him.’ Fr Paul says Jesus in this Gospel now explains how he is the Way to the Father. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 15-20) in which the disciples, having been commissioned by Jesus, went out and ‘preached everywhere, and the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about Mark, the Evangelist, whose feast [...]
As we celebrate ANZAC Day, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (12: 23-28) in which Jesus says, ‘If someone serves me, they must follow me; wherever I am, my servant will be there, too. If anyone serves me my Father will honor them’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (12: 44-50) in which Jesus says, ‘I, the light have come into the world so that whoever believes in me need not stay in dark anymore’. Fr Paul says the Gospel of John can be divided into two halves, the Book of Signs is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (10: 22-30) in which Jesus says, ‘The works I do in my Father’s name are my witness, but you do not believe because you are no sheep of mine’. Fr Paul says this reading is unique among those chosen for Easter because it is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (10: 1-10) in which Jesus says, ‘Anyone who does not enter the sheep fold through the gate, but gets in some other way, is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock’. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 60-69) in which some of the disciples of Jesus found his teaching too difficult to accept and turned their back on him. When Jesus asked the twelve did they want to leave, Simon Peter answers, ‘“Lord, who shall we go to? You have [...]