Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross : Thursday, 14th September 2023

Jesus said to Nicodemus: ‘No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man; as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up so that everyone who Continue Reading

23rd Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday, 13th September 2023

Fixing his eyes on his disciples Jesus said: ‘How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours. ‘Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. ‘Blessed are you who are weeping now: you shall laugh. ‘Blessed are Continue Reading

23rd Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday, 12th September 2023

Jesus went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’:  Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Continue Reading

23rd Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday, 11th September 2023

On the Sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, and his right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath, hoping to find something Continue Reading

23rd Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Sunday, 10th September 2023

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.  If he does not listen, take one or two others along Continue Reading

22nd Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday, 9th September 2023

One Sabbath Jesus was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them.  Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So Continue Reading