Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
2nd Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, January 22, 2026
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him. And he asked his disciples to have a boat ready
2nd Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Jesus went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with. He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get up and stand in the middle!’ Then
2nd Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, January 20, 2026
One Sabbath day Jesus was taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples began to make a path by plucking ears of corn. And the Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing something on the Sabbath day that is forbidden?’ And he replied, ‘Have you never read what David did in his
2nd Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, January 19, 2026
One day when John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, some people came to him and said to Jesus, ‘Why is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Sunday, January 18, 2026
Seeing Jesus coming towards him, John said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. It was of him that I said, “Behind me comes one who has passed ahead of me because he existed before me.” I did not know him myself, and yet my purpose in
1st Week, Ordinary Time, Saturday, January 17, 2026
Jesus went out to the shore of the lake; and all the people came to him, and he taught them. As he was walking along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. When Jesus was at
