Gospel Thought for Today 5th November: Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Gospel:  Luke 16:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear...

Gospel Thought for Today 4th November: Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Gospel:  Luke 15:1-10 The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and...

Gospel Thought for Today 3rd November: Memorial of Saint Martin de Porres, religious Gospel:  Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,...

Gospel Thought for Today 2nd November: All Souls’ Day Gospel:  John 6:37-40 Jesus said to the crowds: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will...

Gospel Thought for Today 1st November: Monday of the Thirty-First in Week Ordinary Time Gospel:  Luke 14:12-14 Jesus said to his host, one of the leading Pharisees, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours,...

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom...

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 14:1,7-11 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told...

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 14:1-6 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus...

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 6: 12-16 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom...

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 13: 22-30 Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, 'Lord, will only a few be saved?' He said to them, 'Strive to enter through the narrow door;...