Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
16th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 24th July 2021
Jesus put a parable before the crowds, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted Continue Reading
Dorothy Kay16th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 23rd July 2021
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the seed Continue Reading
Feast of St Mary Magdalene : Thursday, 22nd July 2021
Mary stayed outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, still weeping, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, ‘Woman, why are you Continue Reading
16th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 21st July 2021
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables. He said, ‘Imagine a sower went Continue Reading
16th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 20th July 2021
Jesus was speaking to the crowds when his mother and his brothers appeared; they were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, ‘Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?’ And Continue Reading
16th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 19th July 2021
Some of the scribes and Pharisees spoke up. ‘Master,’ they said, ‘we should like to see a sign from you.’ He replied, ‘It is an evil and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign! The only sign it will be given is the sign of Continue Reading