Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

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Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society episodes

June 01, 2023 Jun 1, 2023 - 8th Thursday in Ordinary Time / Mk 10:46-52
What does Bartimaeus’ healing represent? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Is your life diminished in some sense because there are steps you are reluctant to take? How has Jesus opened your eyes? Have you fully embraced the consequences of the grace Jesus has given you?
4 min
May 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 - Feast of the Visitation / Lk 1:39-56
What we can learn from Mary’s visitation - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What doors has the Lord opened for you, so that you get to share your faith journey with others? What traits do you find especially inspiring in Mary and Elizabeth? Is there anything in their character that the Lord is encouraging you to imitate?
4 min
May 30, 2023 May 30, 2023 - 8th Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Mk 10:28-31
The rewards of those who venture things for Christ - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What things have you risked or given up to follow Christ? In what ways have you experienced that paradox of receiving from the Lord the true measure of those things you had given up to follow him?
4 min
May 29, 2023 May 29, 2023 - Memorial of Mary Mother of the Church / Jn 19:25-34
Mary, our mother in the order of grace - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
In what ways have you grown in union with Christ, so as to partake of his sufferings and of his joys, as Mary did? Imagine you are the one at the foot of the cross, and that Mary receives you as her son, as her daughter.
4 min
May 28, 2023 May 28, 2023 - Solemnity of Pentecost / Jn 20:19-23
Why did Christ sent his Spirit upon his disciples? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What calls your attention in the way the Holy Spirit works? Have you seen signs of the Holy Spirit in you or others in recent times? What dimension of the action of the Holy Spirit resonates with you?
4 min
May 27, 2023 May 27, 2023 - 7th Saturday of Easter / Jn 21:20-25
The temptation to compare ourselves with others - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Are there areas in your life in which you feel insecure, or you tend to compare yourself with others? What does Jesus say in response to those voices? How does He encourage you? What is it that matters to him?
4 min
May 26, 2023 May 26, 2023 - 7th Friday of Easter / Jn 21:15-19
“Simon, do you love me?” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
Imagine this scene in all its details. Then, imagine you are Peter and Jesus asks you these questions. Do you love me? How can you show Jesus your love for him? How could your love for him grow?
4 min
May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023 - 7th Thursday of Easter / Jn 17:20-26
What does Jesus ask for when He prays for us? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
What does each of these gifts Jesus prayed for mean to you? What is keeping you from receiving them? How would your life look like if you received a greater portion of these gifts?
4 min
May 24, 2023 May 24, 2023 - 7th Wednesday of Easter / Jn 17:11b-19
What does Jesus mean by asking that his disciples be consecrated? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
How has Jesus protected you and watched over you? How has the message of Christ transformed you and led you to live in a way that is distinctive? In what ways has the Lord consecrated you, that is, established you solidly in faith?
4 min
May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 - 7th Tuesday of Easter / Jn 17:1-11a
What did Jesus say when He prayed? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
So, in this meditation, you may imagine yourself at the end of your life in this world, looking back on your life the way Jesus does in this prayer. How would
you like to summarize your life? Imagine Jesus speaking to the Father about you. What are the good things He says? What do you find most inspiring in the character of Jesus?
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.…