Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

On being spiritually alert

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

What have those smaller separations been in your life? Why has God allow them? What did you learn from them? Give thanks for the way in which blessings in this life allow you to glorify God, but also give thanks for the trials that remind you that you are not home yet.

The healing of the ten lepers

Why Jesus warns his disciples about persecution coming their way.

Jesus prophesies the destruction of the Temple

The offering of the poor widow.

What is that area of my life in which Jesus wants me to give the two small coins? Why is that important for him? When I reason with myself about this, what are the reasons I hear? What would Jesus respond?

In the end, we will be judged according to the standard of love.

The objection of the Sadducees.

What are the glimpses of heaven you have gotten in this life? 

How has your idea of happiness expanded and grown deeper through the years? 

How could God expand your notion of happiness, if you were to extend the lines of that growth even further?

The cleansing of the Temple stirs the anger of local authorities