Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Transfiguration of the Lord : Thursday, 6th August 2020
Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light. And suddenly Moses and Continue Reading
Dorothy Kay18th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 5th August 2020
Jesus left Gennesaret and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, ‘Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.’ But he said not a Continue Reading
18th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 4th August 2020
Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said, ‘Why do your disciples break away from the tradition of the elders? They eat without washing their hands.’ He called the people to him and said, ‘Listen, and understand. What goes into the mouth Continue Reading
18th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 3rd August 2020
Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he sent the crowds away. After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. In the fourth watch of the night Continue Reading
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time : 2nd August 2020
As Jesus stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them and healed their sick. When evening came, the disciples went to him and said, ‘This is a lonely place, and time has slipped by; so send the people away, and Continue Reading
St Alphonsus Ligouri: Saturday 1st August, 2020
It was Herod who had arrested John, chained him up and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For John had told him, ‘It is against the Law for you to have her.’ He had wanted to kill him but was Continue Reading