Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

21st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday, 2nd September 2017

Jesus told his disciples this parable: ‘A man about to go abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one, each in proportion to his Continue Reading

21st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday, 1st September 2017

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took Continue Reading

21st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Thursday, 31st August 2023

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have Continue Reading

21st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday, 30th August 2023

Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you Continue Reading

The Passion of St John the Baptist : Tuesday, 29th August 2023

When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, ‘Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.’ And he swore her an oath, ‘I will give you anything you Continue Reading

21st Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday, 28th August 2023

Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go in who want to. These are the men who devour the property of widows and for Continue Reading