Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
31st Week, Ordinary Time: Thursday 7th November 2019
The tax collectors and sinners were all crowding round to listen to Jesus, and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost Continue Reading
Dorothy Kay31st Week, Ordinary Time: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Jesus spoke to the crowd: ‘No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple. And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if Continue Reading
31st Week, Ordinary Time: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Jesus said to those gathered round the table, ‘There was a man who gave a great banquet, and he invited a large number of people. When the time for the banquet came, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Continue Reading
31st Week, Ordinary Time: Monday 4th November 2019
Jesus said to his host, ‘When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you. No; when you have a party, invite the Continue Reading
31st Week, Ordinary Time: Sunday 3rd November 2019
A man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He kept trying to see which Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd; so he Continue Reading
All Souls Day (Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed): Saturday 2nd November 2019
Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. When he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Continue Reading