Gospel for the Day with Pointers
Reflect on the daily word of God
First Sunday of Lent: 26th February, 2023
Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, and the tester came and Jesus said to him, Scripture also says: Do Continue Reading
Dorothy KaySaturday after Ash Wednesday: 25th February, 2023
Jesus noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And leaving everything Levi got up and followed him. In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was Continue Reading
Friday after Ash Wednesday: 24th February, 2023
John's disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the Continue Reading
Thursday after Ash Wednesday: 23rd February, 2023
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The Son of man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’ Then, speaking to all, he Continue Reading
Ash Wednesday: 22nd February, 2023
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues Continue Reading
7th Week, Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday 21st February, 2023
Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat Continue Reading