Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

30th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 26th October 2020

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

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time : 25th October 2020

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 24th October 2020

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 his vinedresser, “For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 23rd October 2020

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 Time : Thursday, 22nd October 2020

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 what constraint I am under until it is completed! ‘Do you suppose that I Continue Reading

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 21st October 2020

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time 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