Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

How can Jesus be always at work? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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 tha...

“Do you want to be well?” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for 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 ke...

The transformation of a powerful man - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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?

How can God’s love be rejected? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for 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?

Pride, humility, and the standard of morality - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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?

Why was the scribe asking Jesus about something he knew? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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?

How Jesus exposes the strategies of the evil one - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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?

Why does Jesus say He hadn’t come to abolish the Law? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for 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?

Forgiveness as part of daily life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for 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 bi...

Why did people of Nazareth reject Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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?

The purification of the temple - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here 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?

The parable of the prodigal son - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What steps led you to come to your senses, and seek God? Where would you be now if He hadn’t found you? How was your own encounter with the Father’s mercy? How does the father reason with you, response to those doubts? What does he say? How is the Lord inviting you to move from fear to love, from living like a sl...

How could the stewards of the vineyard reject the Messiah? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Is it a temptation for me to be territorial, to become possessive of some things, people, or tasks? Can I navigate the right balance between truly caring for those entrusted to me, without giving in to a controlling attitude? Has the Lord in some way been coming to me to ask for an acco...

What was the sin of the rich man? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does this story, the figure of this nameless man, his attitudes, his interactions, help you detect the roots of sin in your own heart? How does it help you detect the ways in which sin wants to work its way into your mind, justify itself, and become a hollow identity?

Why didn’t Jesus reject this ambitious request right away? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has Jesus redirected your own desires in the past? What ambitions would Jesus encourage in you, even when they are imperfect, and in need of purification? How would the Lord challenge you to purify your desires?

Temptations around religious authority - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Which of these perspectives better reflects your position? What is the Lord telling you through this reading? How is He encouraging you to consistency, humility, and trust?

Unpacking the golden rule - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Observe the traits of generosity, patience, and disposition to forgive in Jesus himself. Then reflect: How is the Lord encouraging you to grow in these?

Why did Jesus transfigure himself before the disciples? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you find most luminous and inspiring in the radiance that comes from the person of Jesus? Have you had “Transfiguration moments” in your life? Has the Lord strengthened you in preparation for trials? In what ways has He been the shepherd of your soul, taking away the stony heart an...

What love of enemies can do - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is the way in which Jesus wants you to love those that you may find difficult to love at times? Have you received love from the Lord and from others when you feel you didn’t quite deserve it? Have you experienced first-hand the power that Christ’s love has to bring about personal transformations?

Why is Jesus so strict about anger? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are the things that may commonly trigger anger for you? How could you apply Jesus’ teaching to those situations? Imagine one of those frustrating situations, and picture yourself reacting in a Christ-like way. And then say to the Lord: “Give me the grace of acting that way.”

Why did Jesus give Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you find most inspiring in this passage? What does it show you about how God works? Can you relate this to your own life? Have there been moments in which you grew in knowing God, and so came to know yourself better as well?

Why did Jesus only offer the sign of Jonah? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are some of the signs that God has given you? In what way has the person of Jesus been a sign for you? Have you seen the example of people who have responded to God with a humble and generous faith, even when receiving simple signs?

The Lord’s Prayer - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. You may take each petition of the Our Father and expand on it, or focus on one of its aspects and see what the Lord inspires in you in that regard.

How works of mercy fit in the spiritual life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. In what ways is the Lord asking you to practice works of mercy? How has the practice of works of mercy enriched other aspects of your spiritual life? How is the Lord challenging you to grow, maybe from callousness to fear, or from fear to perfect love?

Why did Jesus accept to be tempted? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is your battle? What are the battles that the Lord wants you to wage? What does it mean for you, right now, to repent and believe, and so enter God’s kingdom?