Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society
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How could they feel fear and joy at the same time? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040124.cfm for today’s readings. What has the Lord done, what has the Lord shown you, so that you can be overjoyed? What prompts you to feel fear? What does Jesus words “do not be afraid” mean for you, in practical terms? Where are you focusing your gaze? On that which God can do even through our human frailty? Or on what the powers of this world can do? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
New life in the resurrection - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033124.cfm for today’s readings. What are those glimpses that help you anticipate something of what life in the resurrection is like? What are the signs in your life that point to the Lord’s resurrection? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The purification that the Passion operates in us - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032924.cfm to go back to the reading of the Passion, or here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033024.cfm for the Easter Vigil readings. How has the Lord purified you through trials? What does He want to heal in you through this contemplation of his Passion? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
A contemplation of the Passion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032924.cfmfor today’s readings. In what ways is the trial of Christ still being played out in today’s world and in your soul? What is the Lord showing you about himself and about where your heart is at through this contemplation of his Passion? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The washing of the disciples’ feet - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032824-Supper.cfmfor today’s readings. Why do you think Jesus chose this gesture to symbolize his life? What do you need to let Jesus wash you of? What is most significant to you about Christ’s love? How is He asking you to imitate that love? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
How could Judas betray Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032724.cfmfor today’s readings. What can you learn about the dynamics of sin in the story of Judas? What did Jesus do to address those growing roots of sin? Are there any tendencies or thoughts that Jesus would want you to address in your life, so as to stop the spread of sin in your soul? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Sins of weakness vs. deliberate sins - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032624.cfm for today’s readings. What difference do you discover in this gospel between sins of weakness and deliberate sins? What strategies can you learn from Christ on how to fight these different kinds of temptation? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The anointing of Jesus in Bethany - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032524.cfm for today’s readings. Why does the Lord value actions like those of Mary? What generous gestures is the Lord inspiring you to offer him? When you feel resistance to those generous offerings, where does it come from? How can you unite your heart to the Passion of Christ in this Holy Week? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Was Palm Sunday just a short-lived victory? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032424.cfm for today’s readings. Can you picture these two crowds as Jesus enters the city? Can you see these two crowds in today’s world as well? What does it mean for you to walk with Christ, to be in the world but not of the world? In response to the voices that tell you that faith cannot do much, do you see the impact that Jesus has in your life and those around you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Reactions to the resurrection of Lazarus - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032324.cfmfor today’s readings. Do you see yourself reflected in some of these reactions to the Lord’s miracles? Are the voices of fear rising above other important factors in your decisions? Is there anything that God is inviting you to do to manifest his light, even when that could be met with opposition? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
How Jesus confronts human hardness of heart - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032224.cfm for today’s readings. When you hear Jesus responding in this way to those who didn’t trust him, can you imagine the Lord reasoning with you along similar lines? What would He say to you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The roots of unbelief: a distorted idea of God - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032124.cfm for today’s readings. What’s your experience of that life made of communion with the Father that Jesus speaks of? What are those distorted images of God that could tempt us to displace the living God from our hearts? How does the word of Christ provide a corrective for that temptation? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
A deeper conversion: receiving the heart of children - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032024.cfmfor today’s readings. What do you find most striking in the freedom and identity of Christ? Does this gospel help you detect any roots of sin in your heart? What is Jesus asking you to do, so you can live in greater freedom? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Why was Joseph left in his perplexity? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031924.cfm for today’s readings. Does this passage resonate with events in your own life? Have you seen spiritual growth take place through times of uncertainty, not having the whole roadmap in your hands? Have you seen how fidelity to the light you have at a given time is rewarded by God’s confirmation later on? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
How could Jesus be merciful without disregarding the Law? – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031824.cfm for today’s readings. In what situations is the Lord calling you to exercise this compassion? How do you balance faithfulness and mercy? Imagine you are brought before the Lord by accusers. What are the charges they could bring up? How does Jesus respond to them? What does the Lord say to you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Why did Jesus had to die to bear fruit? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031724-YearB.cfm for today’s readings. Have you seen the impact of God’s grace in your own life or the lives of others? How does Jesus want you to combine both aspects in your endeavors: your human talents and potential, and also supernatural means? Why do you think that both are important if you want to bear fruit? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The battle that rages inside the soul - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031624.cfmfor today’s readings. Can you identify the voices that arise in your reason and in your sensibility in both camps, for Jesus and against him, for what He says and against what He says? How does the Holy Spirit argue with you, to bring you to side with Christ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The attempt to explain who Jesus is in a human way - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031524.cfm for today’s readings. Are there situations now in which Jesus is inviting you to act with courage, and yet, to do so shrewdly, with a strategy in mind? What aspects of your life – or in the life of believers – do you sense can only be explained as coming from God? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
What made it difficult for them to believe in Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031424.cfm for today’s readings. Why did God want to provide you with sufficient witnesses that would strengthen your faith? What have been those different testimonies that impacted your life? Is something acting as an obstacle to your faith? What are subtle ways of choosing the glory of this world over the glory of God? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
How can Jesus be always at work? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031324.cfm for today’s readings. So, how would you assess your daily activities, according to this gospel? When does your work feel alienating? And when do you sense you can do things in Christ, in keeping with your identity? To what extent are you doing things that give life to others? Are you radiating the light of Christ in the world, so that those called to belong to him may be judged worthy to inherit eternal life? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
“Do you want to be well?” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031224.cfmfor today’s readings. What gifts have you received from Christ that enabled you to do better, but also led you to new responsibilities and new challenges? What are those challenges, and how are you responding to them? Have you been faithful to the salvation and the graces that the Lord has given you? Why is that faithfulness necessary to keep doing well? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The transformation of a powerful man - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031124.cfm for today’s readings. What changed in this official? What was the inner process of coming to faith like? How did he see his own life before and after? How do you imagine his daily life being different? And how does this resonate with you? Why does Jesus want you to reflect on this today? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
How can God’s love be rejected? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031024-YearB.cfmfor today’s readings. How has the influence of Christ been a light for you? How have you received his love? What are ways in which you can come to the light? Are there any situations in which you are tempted to reject the light? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Pride, humility, and the standard of morality - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030924.cfm for today’s readings. How does pride manifest itself in my own heart? What is the Lord inviting me to do about it? What is the standard of morality that I normally apply to myself? What is unique and inspiring in Christ’s humility? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Why was the scribe asking Jesus about something he knew? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030824.cfm for today’s readings. Think of the activities and projects that occupy most of your mental time. How are those connected with love of God and love of neighbor? What would Jesus encourage you to do, so that your capacity to love God and others may grow? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
How Jesus exposes the strategies of the evil one - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030724.cfm for today’s readings. Do you find in your thoughts, feelings, or reactions, any agreement with the lies and accusations of the Evil One? How could someone fall for those lies? What brings home to you the evidence of God’s goodness? In what ways is Jesus asking you to side with him more clearly? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Why does Jesus say He hadn’t come to abolish the Law? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030624.cfmfor today’s readings. Can you verify the benefit of good rules in your own life? Are there particular areas in which you don’t need many rules, because your heart has grown strong? Is the Lord encouraging you to go back to certain basic rules of Christian life? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Forgiveness as part of daily life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030524.cfmfor today’s readings. What would Jesus say to you on this topic of forgiveness? What are those daily annoyances that require you to be forgiving with those around you? What are the things on which others need to be patient with you? Conclude this prayer expressing to the Lord your willingness to forgive specific people you find a bit difficult. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
Why did people of Nazareth reject Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030424.cfm for today’s readings. Could any of the difficulties the people of Nazareth experienced when it came to accepting Christ reflect your own difficulties? What do you find inspiring in Jesus’ response to rejection, and what is He encouraging you to learn from him? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
The purification of the temple - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030324-YearB.cfm for today’s readings. Have you seen the Lord purify your heart, your prayer, your worship? How has He done it? Do you still need that purification in you, because you notice that many interests of this world keep invading your inner sanctuary? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message
