Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
1st Week of Advent, Friday, December 5, 2025
As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting, ‘Take pity on us, son of David.’ And when Jesus reached the house the blind men came up to him and he said to them, ‘Do you believe I can do this?’ They said, ‘Lord, we do.’ Then he touched their eyes saying,
1st Week of Advent, Thursday, December 4, 2025
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not anyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. ‘Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built
St Francis Xavier, Feast, Patron of Missions, Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Jesus showed himself to the Eleven, and he said to them, ‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out
1st Week of Advent, Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, Jesus said, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it has pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my
1st Week of Advent, Monday, December 1, 2025
When Jesus went into Capernaum a centurion came up and pleaded with him. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my servant is lying at home paralysed and in great pain.’ Jesus said to him, ‘I will come myself and cure him.’ The centurion replied, ‘Sir, I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the
First Sunday of Advent, Sunday, November 30, 2025
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah's day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. They suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of Man comes. ‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your
