Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Second Week of Advent (Year B) : Friday, 15th December 2023
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What comparison can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be Continue Reading
Second Week of Advent (Year B) : Thursday, 14th December 2023
Jesus spoke to the crowd: ‘In truth I tell you, of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. ‘Since John the Baptist came, up Continue Reading
Second Week of Advent (Year B) : Wednesday, 13th December 2023
Jesus exclaimed: ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is Continue Reading
Second Week of Advent (Year B) : Tuesday, 12th December 2023
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray? ‘In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it Continue Reading
Second Week of Advent (Year B) : Monday, 11th December 2023
Jesus was teaching one day, and Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who had come from every village in Galilee, from Judaea and from Jerusalem, were sitting there. Then some men appeared, bringing on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying Continue Reading
Second Week of Advent (Year B) : Sunday, 10th December 2023
It is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you. A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight. John Continue Reading