Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

ASH WEDNESDAY : 2nd March 2022

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues Continue Reading

8th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 1st March 2022

‘What about us?’ Peter asked Jesus. ‘We have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘I tell you solemnly, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will Continue Reading

8th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 28th February 2022

A man ran up, knelt before Jesus and put this question to him, ‘Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You Continue Reading

8th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday, 27th February 2022

Jesus told a parable to his disciples, ‘Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit?  The disciple is not superior to teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your Continue Reading

7th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 26th February 2022

People were bringing little children to Jesus, for him to touch them. The disciples turned them away, but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such Continue Reading

7th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 25th February 2022

Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’ They were testing him. He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’  ‘Moses allowed us’ they said, ‘to draw up a writ of dismissal and so to Continue Reading