Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
34th Week, Ordinary Time: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name - and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. Make Continue Reading
Dorothy Kay34th Week, Ordinary Time: Tuesday 26th November 2019
When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now - the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; everything Continue Reading
34th Week, Ordinary Time: Monday 25th November 2019
As Jesus looked up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury; and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins, and he said, ‘I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them; for these Continue Reading
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: Sunday 24th November 2019
The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, ‘He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, coming Continue Reading
33rd Week, Ordinary Time: Saturday 23rd November 2019
Some Sadducees - those who argue that there is no resurrection - approached Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise Continue Reading
33rd Week, Ordinary Time: Friday 22nd November 2019
Jesus went into the Temple and began driving out those who were busy trading, saying to them, ‘According to scripture, my house shall be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a bandits' den.’ He taught in the Temple every day. The Continue Reading