Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Second Sunday of Advent : Friday, 12th December 2025
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What comparison can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be Continue Reading
Dorothy KaySecond Sunday of Advent : Thursday, 11th December 2025
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘In truth I tell you, of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. Since John the Baptist came, up Continue Reading
Second Sunday of Advent : Wednesday, 10th December 2025
Jesus exclaimed: ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is Continue Reading
Second Sunday of Advent : Tuesday, 9th December 2025
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray? ‘In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it Continue Reading
Immaculate Conception Blessed Virgin Mary : Monday, 8th December 2025
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who Continue Reading
Second Sunday of Advent : Sunday, 7th December 2025
In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.’ This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that Continue Reading