Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

30th Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 26th October 2021

Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its Continue Reading

30th Week in Ordinary Times : Monday, 25th October 2021

One sabbath day Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who for eighteen years had been possessed by a spirit that left her enfeebled: she was bent double and quite unable to stand upright. When Jesus Continue Reading

30th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 24th October 2021

As Jesus left Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and to say, Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Times : Saturday, 23rd October 2021

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 Times : Friday, 22nd October 2021

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's going to be hot, and it is. Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Times : Thursday, 21st October 2021

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