Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Reflect on the daily word of God

Holy Innocents – Martyrs: Wednesday 28th December, 2022

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 search Continue Reading

St John, Apostle and Evangelist : Tuesday, 27th December 2022

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

St Stephen, First Martyr : Monday, 26th December 2022

Jesus said to his apostles: ‘Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles. But when you are handed Continue Reading

Nativity of the Lord – Christmas Day : Sunday, 25th December 2022

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 through Continue Reading

Vigil of Christmas : Saturday, 24th December 2022

Now it happened that, while Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first-born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no Continue Reading

Fourth Week of Advent: Friday, 23rd December 2022

The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son; and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had lavished on her his faithful love, they shared her joy. Now it happened that on the eighth day Continue Reading