Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

24th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 12th September 2021

Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him, ‘John the Baptist,’ they said ‘others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But Continue Reading

23rd Week in Ordinary Times : Saturday, 11th September 2021

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord” and not do what I say? ‘Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them - I will show you what he is like. He is like the Continue Reading

23rd Week in Ordinary Times : Friday, 10th September 2021

Jesus told a parable to his disciples, ‘Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit?  The disciple is not superior to his teacher; but fully trained disciple will always be like teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your Continue Reading

23rd Week in Ordinary Times : Thursday, 9th September 2021

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly. To the man who slaps you on one cheek, Continue Reading

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Wednesday, 8th September 2021

This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.  Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to Continue Reading

23rd Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 7th September 2021

Jesus went onto the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Continue Reading