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 Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (15: 9-17) in which Jesus says ‘This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you. A person can have no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Matthias whose [...]
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 [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 52-59) in which Jesus says, ‘As I who am sent by the living Father myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me’. Fr Paul says in this Gospel we hear another interruption from the Jews and [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 44-51) in which Jesus says, ‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The bread that I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.”’. Fr Paul says in [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 35-40) in which Jesus says, “It is my Father’s will that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise them up at the last day’. Fr Paul says the words of Jesus here carry [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 30-35) in which Jesus tells the people, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never thirst’. Fr Paul says this passage in the synagogue at Capernaum launches the sermon on [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (6: 22-29) in which the people ask Jesus, ‘What must we do if we are to do the works God wants?’ and he answers, ‘This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent’. Fr Paul says the crowds who [...]