DEEP: Daily Encounter Enrichment Podcast

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of John 20,1-2.11-18. On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him." But Mary stayed outside th...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Matthew 13 : 1-9 On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on ro...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Matthew 12:46-50 While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.” But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother?  Who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples,...

A #DEEP Dive on the Book of Exodus 14:5-18 When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants changed their minds about them. They exclaimed, “What have we done! Why, we have released Israel from our service!” So Pharaoh made his chariots ready and mustered his soldiers six hundred first-class chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt, with warriors on...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 6:30-34 The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught.  He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”  People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat.  So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place.  People saw them...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 12,14-21. The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many (people) followed him, and he cured them all, but he warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Matthew 12:1-8 Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to the them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he w...

A #DEEP Reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 11 : 28-30 Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light." ----------------------------------------------------- 📲 Connect with us on all the th...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 11 : 25-27 At that time Jesus exclaimed, "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and n...

A #DEEP Dive into the Gospel of Matthew 11 : 20-24 Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon...

A #DEEP Dive into the Gospel of Matthew 10:34—11:1 Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set     a man against his father,         a daughter against her mother,     and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;  &n...

A #DEEP Dive in the Gospel of Mark 6:7-13 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.  He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick— no food, no sack, no money in their belts.  They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.  He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay ther...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 10:24-33 24 'Disciple is not superior to teacher, nor slave to master. 25 It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house "Beelzebul", how much more the members of his household? 26 'So do not be afraid of them. Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 10:16-23 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves. 17 'Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. 18 You  will  be brought before governors and  kings  for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles. 19&...

A #DEEP Dive on the Book of Genesis 44,18-21.23b-29.45,1-5. Judah approached Joseph and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak earnestly to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh. My lord asked your servants, 'Have you a father, or another brother?' So we said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and a young brother, the child of his old age...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 10 : 1-7 Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collecto...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Matthew 9:32-38 A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus, and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.” But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the prince of demons.” Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming t...

A #DEEP reflection on the Book of Psalms 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15 1 You who live in the secret place of Elyon, spend your nights in the shelter of Shaddai, 2 saying to Yahweh, 'My refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust!' 3 He rescues you from the snare of the fowler set on destruction; 4 he covers you with his pinions, you find shelter under his wings. His constancy is shield and protection. 14 'Si...

A #DEEP Dive into the Gospel of Mark 6:1-6 Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples.  When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.  They said, “Where did this man get all this?  What kind of wisdom has been given him?  What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!  Is he not the...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of John 20:24-29 24 Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples said to him, 'We have seen the Lord,' but he answered, 'Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.' 26 E...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 9:9-13 The Calling of Matthew 9  As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10  While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11  When the Pharisees s...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 9 : 1-8 After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven." At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming." Jesus knew what they were thinking...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 8 : 28-34 When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by that road. They cried out, "What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?" Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding. The demons...

A #DEEP Reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 16 : 13-19 Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living G...

A #DEEP reflection on the Book of Genesis 18:16-33 16 From there the men set out and arrived within sight of Sodom, with Abraham accompanying them to speed them on their way. 17 Now Yahweh had wondered, 'Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am going to do, 18 as Abraham will become a great and powerful nation and all nations on earth will bless themselves by him? 19 For I have singled him out to co...