{"id":8963,"date":"2022-12-06T21:35:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=8963"},"modified":"2026-06-14T10:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:28:47","slug":"dailygospel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/dailygospel\/","title":{"rendered":"DailyGospel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png\" alt=\"Scripture\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:219px;height:88px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Daily Gospel Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prayerfulness is deeply a part of you: in body, mind and spirit.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><font color=\"#0033CC\">Today&#8217;s Gospel Reading<\/font><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the Gospel readings for each day of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script>\n\/\/ All Mnths\n\nfunction MakeArray(n) {\n    this.length = n\n    return this\n}\nmonthNames = new MakeArray(12)\nmonthNames[1] = \"January\"\nmonthNames[2] = \"February\"\nmonthNames[3] = \"March\"\nmonthNames[4] = \"April\"\nmonthNames[5] = \"May\"\nmonthNames[6] = \"June\"\nmonthNames[7] = \"July\"\nmonthNames[8] = \"August\"\nmonthNames[9] = \"September\"\nmonthNames[10] = \"October\"\nmonthNames[11] = \"November\"\nmonthNames[12] = \"December\"\ndayNames = new MakeArray(7)\ndayNames[1] = \"Sunday\"\ndayNames[2] = \"Monday\"\ndayNames[3] = \"Tuesday\"\ndayNames[4] = \"Wednesday\"\ndayNames[5] = \"Thursday\"\ndayNames[6] = \"Friday\"\ndayNames[7] = \"Saturday\"\nfunction customDateString(oneDate) {\n    var theDay = dayNames[oneDate.getDay() + 1]\n    var theMonth = monthNames[oneDate.getMonth() + 1]\n    var theYear = oneDate.getFullYear()\n    theYear += (theYear < 100) ? 1900 : 0\n    return \"Today is: \" + theDay + \", \" + oneDate.getDate() + \" \" + theMonth + \", \" + theYear\n}\n\n<\/script>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><font color='#0033CC'>\n<script>\ndocument.write (\"<B>\")\ntoday = new Date()\nvar header =\n(customDateString(today))\nheader += \"<BR>\"\ndocument.write(header)\n\n<\/script><\/font>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gradient-text\">Today's Gospel<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n   <style>\n    \n    .day, .daya {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      font-size: 1em;\n      margin-bottom: 0.5em;\n      color: #0033CC;\n      white-space: pre-wrap;\n    }\n    \n    .title1, .title1a {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      font-size: 1em;\n      margin-bottom: 0.2em;\n      color: #0033CC;\n      white-space: pre-wrap;\n    }\n    \n    .title2, .title2a {\n      font-style: italic;\n      font-size: 1em;\n      margin-bottom: 0.5em;\n      white-space: pre-wrap;\n    }\n    \n    .main-text, .main-texta {\n      font-style: normal;\n      font-size: 1.em;\n      font-weight: normal;\n     \n      margin: 0 auto;\n    \n      text-align: justify;\n      white-space: pre-wrap;\n    }\n\n    .line-text {\n      font-style: normal;\n      font-size: 1.5em;\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 0.8em;\n      margin-bottom: 1.2em;\n      color: #bbbbbb;\n    \n      text-align: center;\n      white-space: pre-wrap;\n     }\n\n\n    hr { margin: 2em 0; border: none; border-top: 2px solid #ccc; }\n  <\/style>\n\n\n  <div class=\"day\" id=\"day\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"title1\" id=\"title1\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"title2\" id=\"title2\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"main-text\" id=\"mainText\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"line-text\" id=\"lineText\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"daya\" id=\"daya\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"title1a\" id=\"title1a\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"title2a\" id=\"title2a\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"main-texta\" id=\"mainTexta\"><\/div>\n\n\n<script>\n    const startDate2 = new Date('2026-05-31'); \/\/ Set your launch date\n    const today2 = new Date();\n    const diffDays2 = Math.floor((today2 - startDate2) \/ (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));\n\n    const entries = [\n\n\n      { Day: \t\"The Most Holy Trinity\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St John 3:16-18\",\n\t\tTitle2:  \"God sent his Son so that through him the world might be saved\",\n\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to Nicodemus:\\n\u201cGod loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,\\nso that everyone who believes in him may not be lost\\nbut may have eternal life.\\nFor God sent his Son into the world\\nnot to condemn the world,\\nbut so that through him the world might be saved.\\nNo one who believes in him will be condemned;\\nbut whoever refuses to believe is condemned already,\\nbecause he has refused to believe in the name of God\u2019s only Son.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Monday of Week 9 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of Mark 12:1-12\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"They seized the beloved son, killed him and threw him out of the vineyard\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes and the elders in parables: \u201cA man planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug out a trough for the winepress and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them his share of the produce from the vineyard. But they seized the man, thrashed him and sent him away empty-handed. Next he sent another servant to them; him they beat about the head and treated shamefully. And he sent another and him they killed; then a number of others, and they thrashed some and killed the rest. He had still someone left: his beloved son. He sent him to them last of all. \u2018They will respect my son\u2019 he said. But those tenants said to each other, \u2018This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.\u2019 So they seized him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and make an end of the tenants and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this text of scripture:\\n\\nIt was the stone rejected by the builders\\nthat became the keystone.\\nThis was the Lord\u2019s doing\\nand it is wonderful to see?\u201d\\n\\nAnd they would have liked to arrest him, because they realised that the parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the crowds. So they left him alone and went away.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Tuesday of Week 9 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 12:13-17\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"The chief priests and the scribes and the elders sent to Jesus some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said. These came and said to him, \u201cMaster, we know you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man\u2019s rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay, yes or no?\u201d Seeing through their hypocrisy he said to them, \u201cWhy do you set this trap for me? Hand me a denarius and let me see it.\u201d They handed him one and he said, \u201cWhose head is this? Whose name?\u201d \u201cCaesar\u2019s\u201d they told him. Jesus said to them, \u201cGive back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar \u2013 and to God what belongs to God.\u201d This reply took them completely by surprise.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Wednesday of Week 9 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 12:18-27\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob is the God of the living\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Some Sadducees \u2013 who deny that there is a resurrection \u2013 came to him and they put this question to him, \u201cMaster, we have it from Moses in writing, if a man\u2019s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and then died leaving no children. The second married the widow, and he too died leaving no children; with the third it was the same, and none of the seven left any children. Last of all the woman herself died. Now at the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?\u201d\\nJesus said to them, \u201cIs not the reason why you go wrong, that you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, men and women do not marry; no, they are like the angels in heaven. Now about the dead rising again, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is God, not of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Thursday of Week 9 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 12:28-34\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"\u2018You are not far from the kingdom of God\u2019\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, \u201cWhich is the first of all the commandments?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cThis is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.\u201d The scribe said to him, \u201cWell spoken, Master; what you have said is true: that he is one and there is no other. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice.\u201d Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, \u201cYou are not far from the kingdom of God.\u201d And after that no one dared to question him any more.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Friday of Week 9 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 12:35-37\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"\u2018David himself calls him Lord\u2019\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"At that time while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, \u201cHow can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said:\\n\\nThe Lord said to my Lord:\\nSit at my right hand\\nand I will put your enemies\\nunder your feet.\\n\\nDavid himself calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?\u201d And the great majority of the people heard this with delight.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Saturday of Week 9 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 12:38-44\",\n\t\tTitle2:  \"This poor widow has put in more than all\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"In his teaching Jesus said, \u201cBeware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets; these are the men who swallow the property of widows, while making a show of lengthy prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.\u201d\\nHe sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, \u201cI tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"CORPUS CHRISTI: The Most Holy Body & Blood of the Lord\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St John 6:51-58 \",\n\t\tTitle2:  \"My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to the crowd:\\n\u201cI am the living bread which has come down from heaven.\\nAnyone who eats this bread will live for ever;\\nand the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.\u201d\\n\\nThen the Jews started arguing with one another: \u201cHow can this man give us his flesh to eat?\u201d they said. Jesus replied:\\n\\n\u201cI tell you most solemnly,\\nif you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,\\nyou will not have life in you.\\nAnyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood\\nhas eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day.\\nFor my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.\\nHe who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him.\\nAs I, who am sent by the living Father, myself draw life from the Father,\\nso whoever eats me will draw life from me.\\nThis is the bread come down from heaven;\\nnot like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead,\\nbut anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Monday of Week 10 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of Matthew 5:1-12\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"How happy are the poor in spirit\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:\\n\\n\u201cHow happy are the poor in spirit;\\ntheirs is the kingdom of heaven.\\nHappy the gentle:\\nthey shall have the earth for their heritage.\\nHappy those who mourn:\\nthey shall be comforted.\\nHappy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:\\nthey shall be satisfied.\\nHappy the merciful:\\nthey shall have mercy shown them.\\nHappy the pure in heart:\\nthey shall see God.\\nHappy the peacemakers:\\nthey shall be called sons of God.\\nHappy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:\\ntheirs is the kingdom of heaven.\\n\\n\u201cHappy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven: this is how they persecuted the prophets before you.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Tuesday of Week 10 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:13-16\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"Your light must shine in the sight of men\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cYou are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled underfoot by men.\\n\u201cYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone in the house. In the same way your light must shine in the sight of men, so that, seeing your good works, they may give the praise to your Father in heaven.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Wednesday of Week 10 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:17-19\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"I have not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets but to complete them\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cDo not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them. I tell you solemnly, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is achieved. Therefore, the man who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of heaven; but the man who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of heaven.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Thursday of Week 10 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:20-26\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cIf your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.\\n\u201cYou have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: You must not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. But I say this to you: anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court; if a man calls his brother \u201cFool\u201d he will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and if a man calls him \u201cRenegade\u201d he will answer for it in hell fire. So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering. Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you solemnly, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Friday of Week 10 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:27-32\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"If your right eye should cause you to sin, tear it out\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cYou have learnt how it was said: You must not commit adultery. But I say this to you: if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye should cause you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of you than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand should cause you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of you than to have your whole body go to hell.\\n\u201cIt has also been said: Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal. But I say this to you: everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of fornication, makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Saturday of Week 10 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:33-37\",\n\t\tTitle2:  \"Do not swear: say \u2018Yes\u2019 if you mean Yes, \u2018No\u2019 if you mean No\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cYou have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: You must not break your oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the Lord. But I say this to you: do not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God\u2019s throne; or by the earth, since that is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great king. Do not swear by your own head either, since you cannot turn a single hair white or black. All you need say is \u201cYes\u201d if you mean yes, \u201cNo\u201d if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the evil one.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"11th Sunday of Ordinary Time\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 9:36-10:8 \",\n\t\tTitle2:  \"The harvest is rich but the labourers are few\",\n\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"When Jesus saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, \u201cThe harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.\u201d\\nHe summoned his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness.\\nThese are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the one who was to betray him. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows:\\n\u201dDo not turn your steps to pagan territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town; go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.\u201d\" },\n\n\n\n\n      \/\/ ... 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