Claim OwnershipDaily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society
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Reflections on the daily Gospel to help you prepare your morning meditation. The Saint John Society (www.socsj.org) is a society of priests in the Catholic Church, dedicated to the new evangelization. Fr. Lucas Laborde and other priests in the DGM team started this podcast in 2019 to encourage Catholics around them in the daily practice of lectio divina, or meditation.
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What is meant by the coming of the kingdom of God? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you think was most striking for people who encountered Jesus in those early days of his ministry? What are the characteristics of the kingdom Jesus brought? What change of mentality do you need to enter that kingdom more fully?
The double cross Jesus chose to bear - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What are the crosses you find in your path right now? Which of them are the result of your choices to serve Christ? How have you been strengthened or transformed by those crosses? Is the Lord inviting you to reconsider some of those choices, or to gain courage and go for more?
The task of calling and forming disciples - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Imagine Jesus forming his closest disciples. Then apply this to yourself: How has Jesus formed you? Who have been His human instruments in forming you in faith? He has called you to be with him. Are you nourishing this aspect of being with him? Where, to whom is He sending you?
How Jesus balanced an intense life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What is the motivation that drives you to undertake the different responsibilities you have, or may have, in your career, family, or ministry? What are the boundaries that the Lord is inviting you to set, so as to guard that important balance that you need?
How Jesus handled hard situations - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention in these emotions we notice in Christ? How do these sentiments of Christ resonate with you? In what ways is He inviting you to imitate him?
Keeping the sabbath in perspective – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What would Jesus say to you?Would He encourage you to be more observant of Sunday as a day of rest? Would He say to you what He said to the Pharisees: don’t make one single principle absolute when you need to balance it out? How would Jesus encourage you to achieve a better balance in your life?
Why were the disciples not supposed to fast while Jesus was with them? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What are the things you need to fast from, so as to reconnect with Jesus? Is Jesus inviting you to grow from an identity centered on disciplines and customs, to an identity centered on your relationship with him?
Why did Jesus come into the world as a sacrifice? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Why did God come in a sacrificial way? What connections do you discover between love and sacrifice? What does it look like to receive new life from God? What instances have you seen of something like that?
The conversion of St. Matthew - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Miracles pointing to spiritual restoration - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How has the grace of salvation you received shown in visible signs in your life? How are physical, relational, and spiritual healing connected in your experience?
Christ’s sacrificial ministry of healing – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What is the Lord encouraging in you through this example? What fears does He want to dispel? What aspect of your life is He illumining through his example?
Christ’s balance in the midst of intense activity - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What criteria and boundaries help you balance the many demands around you? How do you recover a clear sense of purpose when there are many things going on? What can you learn from Jesus in this passage?
Jesus’ authority over the powers of evil - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How is Jesus inviting you to trust in his guidance and authority? What are some of the lies of the evil one that you are exposed to at times? How does your life look like when you are guided by Christ? How does it look like when that’s not the case?
A new lifestyle and vocations as signs of the kingdom - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How does this passage relate to the beginnings of the kingdom of God in your life? Do you notice these traits of the kingdom in your own calling and interactions in the community of faith? What would Jesus want to say to you through these reflections?
The higher logic of God - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention in Christ’s plan to start his ministry the way He did? How does this resonate with you, that Jesus decided to share with you the weight of your sins and challenges? What’s significant in the way Christ manifested his identity?
The temptation to become territorial - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How does the message of this gospel resonate with you? Is any attachment becoming an obstacle to seeking what is ultimately most important?
Jesus came to heal us from our brokenness - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Is there a situation in your life in which Jesus doesn’t want you to mirror back what you find around you, but to radiate his light? How has He manifested his healing and salvation in your life so far?
The identity and mission of the Messiah - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.In what way is the clarity Jesus had about his identity and mission significant to you? Why was it important for the Lord to explain to us the nature of his mission? What is the danger of misunderstanding what his mission was about, and why is there so much resistance to understanding it correctly?
Why did Jesus allow his disciples to struggle? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.(1) Is your own life rooted in God? What is your heart centered on? (2) What storms come to mind, when you picture yourself with the disciples? Why would Jesus allow you to face those difficult moments? (3) Where have you seen the power of God? Have you seen him advance over situations that seemed like a dead end?
Christ’s gaze of compassion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How does the Lord look at the world? How does He look at you and those around you? What does He want for us? What calls your attention about God’s love for us, about all He has done to unite us to himself?
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Greetings from Scotland. Many thanks for these series podcast. I hear them every day. They are s great complement for what I already hear in my parish (St. Sylvester's, Elgin). I think the man who talks, as I am, is a Spanish speaker. Saludos y bendiciones Raffaele Storino