Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

31st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday, 7th November 2023

Jesus said to those gathered round the table, ‘There was a man who gave a great banquet, and he invited a large number of people. When the time for the banquet came, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Continue Reading

31st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday, 6th November 2023

Jesus said to his host, one of the leading Pharisees, ‘When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you. No; when you Continue Reading

31st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Sunday, 5th November 2023

Then addressing the crowds and his disciples Jesus said, ‘The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses. You must therefore do and observe what they tell you; but do not be guided by what they do, since they do not practise what Continue Reading

30th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday, 4th November 2023

Now on a Sabbath day Jesus had gone to share a meal in the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He Continue Reading

30th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday, 3rd November 2023

On a Sabbath day Jesus had gone to share a meal in the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. Now there in front of him was a man with dropsy, and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees with the Continue Reading

All Souls – Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed : Tuesday, 2nd November 2023

Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me Continue Reading