Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

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Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society episodes

August 20, 2023 Aug 20, 2023 - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Mt 15:21-28
Why was Jesus harsh with the Canaanite woman? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Have you seen the difference that purifying tests have made in your life? In what ways has the Lord tested your heart? What do you think He still wants to purify in you?
4 min
August 19, 2023 Aug 19, 2023 – 19th Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mt 19:13-15
Why is Jesus’ blessing of children significant? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Why is this gesture of Jesus significant to you? What does Jesus want you to rediscover through it?
4 min
August 18, 2023 Aug 18, 2023 - 19th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 19:3-12
Marriage as the gift of a higher love - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Why did God decide to call humanity to such great and challenging vocation? Why is it a vocation? Why is it increasingly being perceived as something related to faith?
4 min
August 17, 2023 Aug 17, 2023 - 19th Thursday in Ordinary Time / Mt 18:21-35
On forgiving daily annoyances - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Have you experienced patient acceptance from God and from others? How are you reacting to the faults committed by those around you? What is the attitude Jesus would want you to develop in this regard?
4 min
August 16, 2023 Aug 16, 2023 - 19th Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 18:15-20
How should we exercise fraternal correction? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today's readings.
Who am I responsible for? What am I doing for their spiritual well-being? Why has the Lord given the Church that authority? What did Jesus intend us to gain from it?
4 min
August 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023 – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary / Lk 1:39-56
Mary’s inner freedom - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What do you find striking about Mary’s words and actions in this gospel? What elements here lead you to think of Mary as someone who was ready for heaven, even as she walked this earth? What does the Lord want you to learn from her example?
4 min
August 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023 - 19th Monday in Ordinary Time / Mt 17:22-27
The mysterious payment of the Temple tax - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What calls your attention in Christ’s character, as it comes through in these lines? Why do you think He acted the way He did? What was important to him? What is He trying to tell you, in the particular circumstances you are living through now?
4 min
August 13, 2023 Aug 13, 2023 - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Mt 14:22-33
Why did Jesus walk on the waters? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Does this miracle resonate with any particular moment in your life? What are the unstable waters Jesus wants you to dare walk through? What’s the level of faith in his grace that Jesus wants you to attain?
4 min
August 12, 2023 Aug 12, 2023 – 18th Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mt 17:14-20
How are we to understand Jesus’ strong reaction against his generation? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Why do you think Jesus reacts so strongly in this gospel? What are your own conclusions on this? How would your life look and feel different if you had a deeper faith?
4 min
August 11, 2023 Aug 11, 2023 - 18th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 16:24-28
Why does Jesus insist on the cross if He brings good news? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What do you need to deny in yourself, or the cross you need to take up, in order to follow Jesus more closely? What would you gain if you took up that cross?
4 min

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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.…