Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
21st Week, Ordinary Time: Friday 30th August 2019
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, Continue Reading
Dorothy KayThe Passion of St John the Baptist: Thursday 29th August 2019
When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, ‘Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.’ And he swore her an oath, ‘I will give you anything you Continue Reading
21st Week, Ordinary Time: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you Continue Reading
21st Week, Ordinary Time: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law - justice, mercy, good faith! These you should have practiced, those not neglected. You blind guides, Continue Reading
21st Week, Ordinary Time: Monday 26th August 2019
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go who want to. ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over Continue Reading
21st Week, Ordinary Time: Sunday 25th August 2019
Someone said to Jesus, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed. ‘Once the master of the house Continue Reading