Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Friday 3rd February, 2023

Herod had sent to have John arrested, and had had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife whom he had married. For John had told Herod, ‘It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.’ As Continue Reading

The Presentation of the Lord: Thursday 2nd February, 2023

When the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord - observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Wednesday 1st February, 2023

Jesus went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, ‘Where did the man get all this? What is this Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Tuesday 31st January, 2023

There was a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years; after long and painful treatment under various doctors, she had spent all she had without being any the better for it; in fact, she was getting worse. She had heard about Jesus, Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Monday 30th January, 2023

When Jesus disembarked, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards him and fell at his feet and shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Sunday 29th January, 2023

Seeing the crowds, Jesus went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them: How blessed are the poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs. Blessed are the Continue Reading