Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

29th Week, Ordinary Time : Thursday, 23rd October 2025

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! ‘Do you suppose that I Continue Reading

29th Week, Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 22nd October 2025

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house. You too must stand ready, because Continue Reading

29th Week, Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 21st October 2025

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit. Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. ‘Blessed those servants Continue Reading

29th Week, Ordinary Time : Monday, 20th October 2025

Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable, ‘There was once a rich man who, having Continue Reading

29th Week, Ordinary Time : Sunday, 19th October 2025

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said, ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone. In the same town there was also a widow Continue Reading

St Luke, Evangelist : Saturday, 18th October 2025

The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting. And he said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the Continue Reading