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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How to receive God’s words and signs - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Do you see different signs of God converging in your life? In what ways would you say that the word of God has added depth to your life experience? How can you grow as a listener?
The invisible world entered our visible world - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.When did the glory of Christ shine at its brightest for you? What has that manifestation of God’s glory done in your life? What have you received from his fullness?
What Simeon and Anna have to teach us - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What strikes you in the fact that God has chosen these messengers to bring you such important news? What does it tell you about God and about your own faith journey? What does it imply for our relationship with the Church?
Jesus, the fulfilment of the Law - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What would you like to see at the end of your life? What are your aspirations? What are the things you will look back upon when you are older, and will make you say like Simeon: now let your servant go in peace?
St. Joseph as a model of leadership - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you find inspiring in the figure of St. Joseph? How has God provided for you when facing trials? What lessons in discernment can you take from this passage?
The virtue of charity in John the Apostle - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention in the style of charity that is exemplified in John the apostle? What is the Lord telling you through the interactions of Peter and John?
The trials of martyrs, a participation in Christ’s Passion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What’s been the spiritual fruit of going through trials and rejection? What does Jesus want you to learn from the testimony of martyrs?
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you find most moving in what God has done for us? What traits of God’s character stand out to you in this prologue? Have you seen the power of God entering someone’s heart and transforming it? What does that transformation look like?
What prompted Zechariah to speak that way? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What are those partial fulfillments of God’s promises in your life that enable you to anticipate the complete fulfilment of his promises? How has He already anticipated his promise of making you holy? How has the Lord purified your heart so that you can see his signs more clearly?
The trial of Zechariah - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.In this meditation you can consider whether God has used some situations that threw you a bit off balance to purify your heart. What growth did the Lord intend for you? How is He using current trials to purify you? What is the freedom Jesus wants for you, so you can be ready to accept greater gifts from him?
Mary’s Magnificat - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Think of some situations you have seen that resonate with Mary’s words. How do you think the Lord wants you to blend humility and great aspirations in your own life? What could be the great dreams that God has for you? And what would it look like to remain humble, even when attaining those dreams?
The trials of Joseph - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention about Joseph’s trial? What do you find inspiring in the way he acted? Can you relate to the complexity of his position, one that required leadership and obedience at the same time?
Was Mary unassertive? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you find inspiring in her? In what way does God want Mary to be a good influence for you? What can you learn from her responses?
Readiness for demanding graces - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.With what aspect of your faith journey does this passage resonate? Have some opportunities and gifts from God placed some demand or constraints on you? How have you been led to grow because of those opportunities?
Why was Joseph left in the dark? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Have you seen these dynamics at work in your life? Are there situations in your life in which God is calling you to be faithful to the light that is available to you at this time? Has He purified your heart through different tests, so that you may be ready for the mission He has for you?
Is the genealogy of Jesus relevant to us? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How were the people in this genealogy an anticipation of who Jesus would be, or of something that He would solve? How have the factors of your own natural story been assumed, purified and redeemed in your new life in Christ?
Two types of disobedience - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Have you lived at some point in the first type of open rebellion? How did God reach your heart? Is God using the example of others to encourage you to take a step of conversion? What signs could help you detect if there are pockets of rebellion in your soul?
Do we have the authority to judge Christ? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Is there is any area in your heart in which you have accepted some inconsistency? Do you see the importance of trusting God’s authority? Have you seen, in your case or in the case of others, what life is like when there’s no guidance of any authority? How do things look different when the voice of Christ is guiding you?
“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What signs would Jesus bring before your eyes in moments of desolation? What words can you imagine him say, praising you in the midst of trials? In what way is Jesus inviting you to align your discipline with the promptings of the Holy Spirit?
Was Elijah supposed to come back before Christ? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Why do you think God sent someone in the spirit of Elijah to prepare his coming? Could anything be eclipsing the signs of God’s coming to us this Advent? What would the Lord want you to do in preparation?
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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