Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
29th Week, Ordinary Time: Thursday 24th October 2019
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
Dorothy Kay29th Week, Ordinary Time: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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
29th Week, Ordinary Time: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit. Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. ‘Blessed those servants Continue Reading
29th Week, Ordinary Time: Monday 21st October 2019
Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable, ‘There was once a rich man who, having Continue Reading
29th Week, Ordinary Time: Sunday 20th October 2019
Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said, ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone. In the same town there was also a widow Continue Reading
28th Week, Ordinary Time: Saturday 19th October 2019
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, the Son of man will declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels. But anyone who disowns me in the presence of Continue Reading