Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 22nd October 2022

Jesus told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the man who looked after the vineyard, “look here, for three years now I have been coming Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 21st October 2022

Jesus said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does. And when the wind is from the south you say it will be hot, and it is. Hypocrites! Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday, 20th October 2022

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!’ ‘Do you suppose that I Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 19th October 2022

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what hour the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house. You too must stand ready, because Continue Reading

St Luke, Evangelist : Tuesday, 18th October 2022

The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 17th October 2022

Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable, ‘There was once Continue Reading