Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God : Monday, 1st January 2024
The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to Continue Reading
Dorothy KayHoly Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph : Sunday, 31st December 2023
When the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. When they had done everything the Law of the Lord required, they went Continue Reading
Sixth Day within Christmas Octave : Saturday, 30th December 2023
There was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left Continue Reading
Fifth Day within Christmas Octave : Friday, 29th December 2023
Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would Continue Reading
Holy Innocents, Martyrs : Thursday, 28th December 2023
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
St John, Apostle and Evangelist : Wednesday, 27th December 2023
On the first day of the week and still dark, when 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 Continue Reading