Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph: Sunday 29th December 2019
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 Continue Reading
Dorothy KayHoly Innocents, Martyrs: Saturday 28th December 2019
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: Friday 27th December 2019
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
St Stephen, First Martyr: Thursday 26th December 2019
Jesus said to his apostles: ‘Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles. But when you are handed Continue Reading
Nativity of the Lord, Christmas Day : Wednesday 25th December 2019
In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was the real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world. He was in the world that had come into being through Continue Reading
Fourth Week of Advent: Tuesday 24th December 2019
Now it happened that, while Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first-born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room Continue Reading