Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
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
Dorothy KaySt Bartholomew, Apostle: Saturday 24th August 2019
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’ Continue Reading
20th Week, Ordinary Time: Friday 23rd August 2019
When the Pharisees heard that he 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
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Thursday 22nd August 2019
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.’ She Continue Reading
20th Week, Ordinary Time: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard. In the Continue Reading
20th Week, Ordinary Time: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘In truth I tell you, it is hard for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Yes, I tell you again, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone Continue Reading