Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
19th Week, Ordinary Time : Monday, 12th August 2024
When Jesus and his disciples reached Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel came to Peter and said, ‘Does your master not pay the half-shekel?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, and went into the house. But before he could speak, Jesus said, ‘Simon, what is your opinion? From Continue Reading
Dorothy Kay19th Week, Ordinary Time : Sunday, 11th August 2024
Jesus said to the Jews, ‘In all truth I tell you, everyone who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the desert and they are dead; but this is the bread which comes down from heaven, so Continue Reading
St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr : Saturday, 10th August 2024
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest. ‘Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who Continue Reading
18th Week, Ordinary Time :Friday, 9th August 2024
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake Continue Reading
18th Week, Ordinary Time : Thursday, 8th August 2024
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But Continue Reading
18th Week, Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 7th August 2024
Jesus left Gennesaret and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, ‘Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.’ But he said not a Continue Reading