Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Sixth Day within Christmas Octave : Thursday, 30th December 2021
There was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left Continue Reading
Dorothy KayFifth Day within Christmas Octave : Wednesday, 29th December 2021
Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to Israel’s comforting and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death Continue Reading
Holy Innocents, Martyrs : Tuesday, 28th December 2021
After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search Continue Reading
St John, Apostle and Evangelist : Monday, 27th December 2021
On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we don't know where they have put him.’ Continue Reading
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph : Sunday, 26th December 2021
When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover as usual. When they were on rheir way home after the feast, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it. They assumed he was Continue Reading
Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) : Saturday, 25th December 2021
In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him. All that came to be had Continue Reading