Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

How did Jesus deal with family rejection? – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Are you treating your family with charity, fairness, and kindness? Are you patient with them, even when their defects show? Are their demands on you reasonable, or are they excessive?

The mystery of willful blindness – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Could stubbornness get the best of you in some moments? How is the Lord reasoning with you, so that you may always stay open to the light? How do you resist those who oppose you? And what would Jesus want you to learn from the way in which He confronts his accusers?

Why did Jesus announce the coming of the kingdom of God? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you find inspiring or helpful in the idea of the kingdom of God? How is it similar to, and different from, the kingdoms of this world? What needs to be transformed in you, so that you can enter in God’s kingdom, or so that Christ can reign in you more fully?

The double cross Jesus chose to bear - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are the crosses you find in your path right now? Which of them are the result of your choices to serve Christ? How have you been strengthened or transformed by those crosses? Is the Lord inviting you to reconsider some of those choices, or to gain courage and go for more?

The task of calling and forming disciples - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has Jesus formed you? Who have been His human instruments in forming you in faith? He has called you to be with him. Are you nourishing this aspect of being with him? Where, to whom is He sending you?

How Jesus balanced an intense life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is the motivation that drives you to undertake the different responsibilities you have, or may have, in your career, family, or ministry? What are the boundaries that the Lord is inviting you to set, so as to guard that important balance that you need?

How Jesus handled hard situations - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention in these emotions we notice in Christ? How do these sentiments of Christ resonate with you? In what ways is He inviting you to imitate him?

Keeping the sabbath in perspective – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What would Jesus say to you? Would He encourage you to be more observant of Sunday as a day of rest? Would He say to you what He said to the Pharisees: don’t make one single principle absolute when you need to balance it out? How would Jesus encourage you to achieve a better balance in your life?

Why were the disciples not supposed to fast while Jesus was with them? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are the things you need to fast from, so as to reconnect with Jesus? Is Jesus inviting you to grow from an identity centered on disciplines and customs, to an identity centered on your relationship with him?

The first disciples to follow Jesus - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What was the life of these men like before encountering Jesus? What changed when they encountered Jesus? What struck them about him? What called your attention about the person of Jesus?

The conversion of St. Matthew - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Think of the different elements that led to Matthew’s conversion, see how those relate to your own conversion, ask the Lord for the wisdom to build bridges toward those who are fallen away.

Miracles pointing to spiritual restoration - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has the grace of salvation you received shown in visible signs in your life? How are physical, relational, and spiritual healing connected in your experience?

Christ’s sacrificial ministry of healing – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is the Lord encouraging in you through this example? What fears does He want to dispel? What aspect of your life is He illumining through his example?

Christ’s balance in the midst of intense activity - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What criteria and boundaries help you balance the many demands around you? How do you recover a clear sense of purpose when there are many things going on? What can you learn from Jesus in this passage?

Jesus’ authority over the powers of evil - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How is Jesus inviting you to trust in his guidance and authority? What are some of the lies of the evil one that you are exposed to at times? How does your life look like when you are guided by Christ? How does it look like when that’s not the case?

Why did Jesus need to be baptized? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Have you experienced the power of the Holy Spirit, enabling you to live in a way that you didn’t think was possible? When and how did you discover it?

How do we respond to God’s coming to our world? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How can you picture yourself thriving by using your talents for God’s kingdom? What are the fears or attachments that could keep you from attempting that?

Why did John say he wasn’t worthy of taking off Christ’s sandal? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does the Lord want you to strike the right balance between coldness and possessiveness in relationships? What are the areas of your life that need that profound renewal from the Holy Spirit?

The calling of Philip and Nathanael - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What new horizons has the encounter with Jesus opened up for you? In what ways has that encounter helped you to know yourself better? How would Jesus respond to the cynical voices in us?

Faith is about an encounter with the person of Jesus - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What led you to encounter Christ? What did you discover in that encounter? What changed in you as a result of coming to know him?

Why did John say he didn’t know Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How have you grown in knowledge of Christ and of yourself? What signs and situations helped you acquire both types of knowledge?

On accepting our mission and ourselves - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.

How to receive God’s words and signs - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here Click here for today’s readings. Do you see different signs of God converging in your life? In what ways would you say that the word of God has added depth to your life experience? How can you grow as a listener?

How was the life of the Holy Family? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What aspects of the life of the Holy Family is the Lord inviting you to imitate? How can you grow in discernment and vigilance? How can you grow in love and joy?

What Simeon and Anna have to teach us - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What strikes you in the fact that God has chosen messengers such as Simeon and Anna to bring you such important news? What does it tell you about God and about your own faith journey? What does it imply for our relationship with the Church?