Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
28th Week, Ordinary Time : Thursday, 17th October 2024
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you who build the tombs of the prophets, the men your ancestors killed! In this way you both witness what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building. ‘And that is why the Wisdom of Continue Reading
Dorothy Kay28th Week, Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 16th October 2024
The Lord said to the Pharisees: ‘Alas for you Pharisees! You who pay your tithe of mint and rue and all sorts of garden herbs and overlook justice and the love of God! These you should have practised, without leaving the others undone. ‘Alas for Continue Reading
28th Week, Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 15th October 2024
Jesus had just finished speaking when a Pharisee invited him to dine at his house. He went in and sat down at table. The Pharisee saw this and was surprised that he had not first washed before the meal. But the Lord said to him, Continue Reading
28th Week, Ordinary Time : Monday, 14th October 2024
The crowds got even bigger and Jesus addressed them, ‘This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Continue Reading
28th Week, Ordinary Time : Sunday, 13th October 2024
Jesus was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him, ‘Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good Continue Reading
27th Week, Ordinary Time : Saturday, 12th October 2024
As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts that you sucked!’ But he replied, ‘Still happier are those who hear the word of God and keep it!’[vc_column Continue Reading