Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

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

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday, 16th October 2022

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who Continue Reading

28th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 15th October 2022

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of Continue Reading