Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

How can sadness become joy? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Is Jesus inviting you to imitate some aspect of his leadership? What would be some examples in your life in which the reason for your sadness turned into joy in the Spirit?

Why does God reveal things to us gradually? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. 1. Think of how God has led you through gradual steps to a growth that you couldn’t have done all at once. 2. Think of ways in which the Holy Spirit has led you to insights or discoveries that confirmed the truth of what Jesus teaches in the Gospel.

Moving from emotion to conviction - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you remember times in your life in which you acquired more solid convictions of faith? How did that change look like? How was the before and after? Is there any similar step that the Lord may have in store for you now?

How can persecutors see themselves as true worshippers? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Are you sensitive to the voice of the world in some area? Is there any reality of this world that at times may appear to be the highest good for you, instead of the living God? How has the Lord strengthened your faith through the witness of the Holy Spirit?

What does it mean to live in Christ? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What could help you better experience the commandments as an expression of love for Christ? Why do you think Jesus wanted to send the disciples another Advocate? What difference could the indwelling of God make in someone’s life?

Why did Jesus tell the disciples that the world would hate them? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Why do you think you that need to hear this from Jesus today? In what ways does the voice of the world affect you? How is the Lord strengthening your faith, that you may not be overcome by the world?

Jesus calls us to friendship with him - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has that life of Christ been manifested in you? Which of the elements mentioned here have expressed that reality of life in Christ?

Remaining in the love we have received - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. In what ways have you experienced Christ’s love? What does it mean for you to remain in that love? Have you been able to express a love that goes beyond your natural capacity for love?

Jesus is the vine, we are the branches - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Have you seen in this time the fruits that result from being united to Christ? Has the Lord done some pruning in your life, that you may bear more fruit?

What kind of peace does Christ want for the Church? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Can you identify moments in your life in which you lived in the peace of Christ and when you lived in the peace of the world? How were those different? What is preventing you from loving others, from following Christ’s voice right now? What are the fears He wants you to overcome?

How is our relationship with Christ connected with his commandments? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are some steps you took in your life that enabled you to receive Christ’s message? How has the thought of Christ and your love for him shaped your identity? How could it shape it even more?

Grounds for hope in the time of the resurrection - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has your relationship with Christ been a source of encouragement for you? Is it easy or difficult for you to do what the Father did: to open your heart to others? Why do you think that is? What characteristics of Jesus’ spiritual fatherhood do you find especially inspiring?

Can we know what God is like? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What have you come to know about the Father? What gestures and words of Jesus are especially luminous to you? What does the Father want you to pray for in the heart of Christ?

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What experiences have led you to discover Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life? How can you deepen that reliance on Christ, so as to find encouragement in him, and not just in human securities?

The spirituality of messengers - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What situations require humility of you, so as to stay committed to your post? Is Jesus inviting you to assimilate the message you bring by taking action in some way? Why do the advantages of sending human messengers outweigh the risks? Have you seen situations in which the fragility of the vessels highlights the...

Jesus will return to us by dwelling in our souls - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Meditate on this reality of God’s indwelling in us in three steps: 1. Think of a human parallel - someone whose presence made a significant difference for you. 2. Think that, similarly, you were able to overcome challenges and grow and find your way, because Jesus was with you. 3. Consider that,...

Why did some not follow the Good Shepherd? – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What elements in Christ’s description of his sheep do you recognize in yourself? Do you also find in yourself some of the attitudes of the authorities that Jesus confronts? How is the Lord inviting you to grow as a disciple?

The qualities of the Good Shepherd - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What kind of relationships do you tend to establish with others: those of the hireling, or those of the shepherd? In what ways has Christ been your good shepherd? How does He want you to replicate toward others that sacrificial love that you see in him?

Jesus, the Good Shepherd and the Gate - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. In what ways has Jesus been the gate through which you have found access to your true self, to freedom, to a higher kind of love? How is Jesus guiding your interactions between the inner world and the outside world? Is He encouraging you to go out, or to come in?

Should faith always make sense? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has the Lord purified your faith? Is He calling you to a deeper faith in him, to trust in him, to accept his teachings? How have you handled rejection?

Why does Jesus say we cannot have life unless we eat his flesh? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are the hidden aspects of the Eucharist that Jesus wants you to rediscover today? What are the needs and desires in your soul that only this food can satisfy? What are the thoughts and feelings of Christ that the Holy Spirit wants you to receive? Or, to put it another way, wha...

“Mannas” that are not enough - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are those daily “mannas” you go for? How has the Father been drawing you to Jesus? In what ways has your relationship with Christ become life-giving?

How could the crowd not believe if they had seen? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has your faith grown over time? What steps of faith is the Lord inviting you to take? What do you find encouraging in Christ’s faithfulness?

What are these signs accompanying the proclamation about? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Where have you seen the changes that the proclamation of the gospel can introduce in someone’s life? What is Jesus trying to show you through the things He emphasized in this sending? What attitude does He want to form in you?

Jesus blended thoughtfulness and sternness - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you find intriguing and thought-provoking in Jesus’ responses? What do those responses reveal about the mystery of the heart of Jesus? In what ways do you think that Jesus would challenge you to seek higher things?