Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

21st Week, Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 25th August 2020

Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law - justice, mercy, good faith! These you should have practised, those not neglected. You blind guides, Continue Reading

St Bartholomew, Apostle : Monday, 24th August 2020

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’ Continue Reading

Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time : 23rd August 2020

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ Continue Reading

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Saturday, 22nd August 2020

The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.’ Mary Continue Reading

20th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 21st August 2020

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord Continue Reading

20th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday, 20th August 2020

Jesus began to speak to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son's wedding. He sent his servants to call Continue Reading