Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Friday 7th February 2020

Herod had sent to have John arrested, and had had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife whom he had married. For John had told Herod, ‘It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.’ Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Thursday 6th February 2020

Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Wednesday 5th February 2020

Jesus went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, ‘Where did the man get all this? What is this Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Tuesday 4th February 2020

There was a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years; after long and painful treatment under various doctors, she had spent all she had without being any the better for it; in fact, she was getting worse. She had heard about Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time : Monday 3rd February 2020

When Jesus disembarked, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards him and fell at his feet and shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most Continue Reading

4th Week, Ordinary Time – Presentation of the Lord : Sunday 2nd February 2020

When the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord - observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be Continue Reading