Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

34th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday, 2nd December 2023

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will come upon you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come down on all those living on the face Continue Reading

34th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday, 1st December 2023

Jesus told his disciples a parable, ‘Look at the fig tree and indeed every tree. As soon as you see them bud, you can see for yourselves that summer is now near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom Continue Reading

Feast of St Andrew, Apostle : Thursday, 30th November 2023

As Jesus was walking by the Lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast into the lake with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Come after me Continue Reading

34th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday, 29th November 2023

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name 13-and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. Make up Continue Reading

34th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday, 28th November 2023

When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now-the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed.’ Continue Reading

34th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday, 27th November 2023

Jesus looked up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury; and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins, and he said, ‘I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them; for these have Continue Reading