Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

God’s case against fallen humanity - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Have you been tempted to find fault with God’s ways? Why do you think God may have emphasized one side of the coin or the other, in your own case? What was key for you to recognize his ways in your life?

Miracles that go beyond natural outcomes - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What traits of the heart of Jesus do you perceive in this account? Can you think of an instance of a spiritual resurrection? What is the Lord trying to convey to you through these miracles?

Why Jesus praised the centurion’s faith - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention about this story and especially about the character of the centurion? What is the Lord trying to tell you, by setting the centurion as an example of faith?

Why forgiveness is essential - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How is Jesus encouraging you to live out forgiveness in a more radical way? What have you learned by receiving forgiveness or by extending forgiveness to others?

Can we just classify people into these two categories? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. In what aspects of your life do you see good fruits, stemming from the goodness of your heart? Have you seen the good movements of God’s grace in you become solid after acting on them? What areas of your heart may need to be brought in greater alignment with the direction Jesus has given to...

Lessons from Mary at the foot of the cross - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you learn by imagining the face of Mary, the soul of Mary at the foot of the cross? How can you be more deeply united with Christ, so that his joys and sorrows will be yours? Why does Jesus want you to receive Mary as your mother?

How to understand the cross - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What does the Lord want to show you through the mystery of the cross? How could some trials become the occasion for God’s light to be manifested? What crosses have resulted from your faithfulness to Christ?

The significance of the beatitudes and woes - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Where does your heart usually go? What are the things you think about the most? What does usually cause changes in your mood? What is it that you most admire in people who live by the beatitudes? What step could you take today to draw closer to that ideal?

Why did Jesus establish the Church? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention about this election of the Twelve? In what ways do you think that Jesus wants to shine his light through you? What would the Lord want you to do to be faithful to the mission He has for you in this life?

How to apply the law of the sabbath in today’s context - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. If there’s a capacity that Jesus would want to restore in you today, what would that be? What are the voices that Jesus would oppose, so that you can regain the balance you need? How can you recover the sense of purpose in what you do?

When are we supposed to correct others? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How is Jesus inviting you to be more aware of your responsibility over others? In what way can you exercise it? What have you learned from the correction or the encouragement of others? How has your prayer life grown by sharing it with others?

Does the sabbath have significance for a Catholic? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How are you honoring the Lord’s day? How could you use it better? How should you set boundaries around the demands of work? How can Jesus’ interpretation of the law help you, in the way He teaches us to balance things, and to see them in their right proportion?

What we can learn from Jesus’ lineage - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Can you imagine what Jesus would have said to some of these patriarchs and ancestors as they went through difficult times? What will the Lord say to you one day when you both look back at your current situation? What are the good things that Jesus wants you to draw from the trials, the dreams, the expectati...

The calling of Simon - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does this passage illumine your own encounter with Christ? Have you perceived in your own life how it is that knowledge of Christ and self-knowledge grow together? Have you seen the miraculous fruitfulness that takes place when you act at the Lord’s command? What’s the mission field Jesus has in mind for you?

How did Jesus manage his time? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How well are you balancing the different aspects of your life? Are there any destabilizing or intoxicating forces in your life, things that tend to take you off balance? What helps you regain your sense of purpose? How does Jesus’ example help you in this regard?

Do demons have faith? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention about Christ’s authority? Have you experienced the power of Christ’s authority in your own life, in how He has strengthened you or delivered you?

How could people of Nazareth reject Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does that battle of competing interpretations play out in your own case? What are the human factors that explain who you are? And then, what are those aspects of your life that you have discovered through faith, and can only be accounted for as a result of God’s power?

Why did Jesus rebuke Peter so sternly? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What impulses is Jesus asking you to discern? Why did the Lord encourage us to follow him on the path of the cross? What are the dangers of rejecting every cross? What indirect blessings have come to you on that path of self-denial?

The parable of the talents - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What talents has the Lord entrusted you with? Can you reconnect with your passion for making those grow? What are the fears and obstacles you’ll have to overcome to multiply your talents?

Two opposite types of foolishness - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is lacking in your wisdom? Do you tend toward fideism, or toward naturalism? How is the Lord calling you to grow in prudence?

What does it take to lead others in the faith? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you sense you are accountable to the Lord and to others in the way you conduct yourself? Would you need to grow in the ways of faith, or in the ways of prudence? Who are the ones Jesus is asking you to watch over? How are you guiding them, and what is the proper food they need at this time?

The danger of mistaking the voices of society for conscience - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Am I giving in to this temptation to some extent, caring too much for how people view me, while neglecting how I am walking before God? Is my admiration for the saints consistent with my openness to the voice of God directed to me by the saints and prophets in my own time?

On true greatness and freedom - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What kind of ideal is Jesus presenting to you in the profile of this great prophet? Through this depiction of Herod’s life, is there something the Lord wants you to steer away from?

A twisted understanding of religion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you see any of these problems being a possible distortion of your faith life? When do those symptoms surface and why? What is the Lord saying to you in this regard?

Simon Peter’s profession of faith - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What different types of salvation lie behind the diverging views of Jesus as the Son of God and Jesus as a human Messiah? What do you learn in this passage about your new identity in Christ? Why do you think Jesus decided to create the Church and make these promises concerning it?