Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God : Thursday, 1st January 2026
The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to Continue Reading
Dorothy KaySeventh Day within Octave of Christmas : Wednesday, 31st December 2025
In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was the real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world. He was in the world that had come into being Continue Reading
Sixth Day within Octave of Christmas : Tuesday, 30th December 2025
There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never Continue Reading
Fifth Day within Octave of Christmas : Monday, 29th December 2025
Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not Continue Reading
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph : Sunday, 28th December 2025
After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to Continue Reading
St John, Apostle and Evangelist : Saturday, 27th December 2025
On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we don't know where they have put him.’ So Continue Reading