Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Holy Innocents, Martyrs : Saturday, 28th December 2024
After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search Continue Reading
Dorothy KaySt John, Apostle and Evangelist : Friday, 27th December 2024
On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we don't know where they have put him.’ Continue Reading
St Stephen, First Martyr: Thursday, 26th December 2024
Jesus said to his apostles: ‘Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles. But when you are handed Continue Reading
Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) : Wednesday, 25th December 2024
In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him. All that came to Continue Reading
Fourth Week of Advent : Tuesday, 24th December 2024
Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee and travelled up to Judaea, to David's town called Bethlehem, since he was of David's House and line, in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. While Continue Reading
Fourth Week of Advent : Monday, 23rd December 2024
The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son; and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had shown her so great a kindness, they shared her joy. Now on the eighth day they came to Continue Reading