Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

Feb 02 2025 1838 ep. 3 mins 12
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Reflections on the daily Gospel to help you prepare your morning meditation. The Saint John Society (www.socsj.org) is a society of priests in the Catholic Church, dedicated to the new evangelization. Fr. Lucas Laborde and other priests in the DGM team started this podcast in 2019 to encourage Catholics around them in the daily practice of lectio divina, or meditation.

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Feb 3, 2025 - 4th Monday in Ordinary Time / Mk 5:1-20

Feb 02 2025 3 mins  
How should we handle fear? – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does Jesus respond to each one of those fears? How does the Lord want you to handle situations that may cause you to fear? What keys do you learn from him on how to handle fear?

Feb 2, 2025 - The Presentation of the Lord / Lk 2:22-40

Feb 01 2025 3 mins  
The selflessness of Simeon and Anna – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does this passage resonate with you? What is that big picture the Lord wants to remind you of? What is the Lord teaching you through the selflessness of Simeon and Anna?

Feb 1, 2025 - 3rd Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mk 4:35-41

Jan 31 2025 3 mins  
Jesus calms the storm – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention about the rhythm of Christ’s life? What lesson do you draw from it? Has the Lord led you to face some storms, so that you could grow through that challenge?

Jan 31, 2025 - 3rd Friday in Ordinary Time / Mk 4:26-34

Jan 30 2025 3 mins  
The unexpected power of initial graces - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How were the beginnings of your faith journey? Where did you find refuge and encouragement? Do you verify in yourself this disproportion between the beginnings and the outcome? What are the stages the Lord led you through in your growth?

Jan 30, 2025 - 3rd Thursday in Ordinary Time / Mk 4:21-25

Jan 29 2025 3 mins  
The images of the lamp and the measure - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today's readings. How does Jesus intend that your light shine for others? Who are the people whose light, whose faith, love, example, have illumined your own path? What’s the measure you use to judge what you expect from others? Are you living up to those expectations yourself?

Jan 29, 2025 - 3rd Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mk 4:1-20

Jan 28 2025 3 mins  
The parable of the sower - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Can you identify situations for each one of these soils in your life? Which is the prevalent one? What would the Lord ask of you, so that you can become good soil?

Jan 28, 2025 - 3rd Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Mk 3:31-35

Jan 27 2025 3 mins  
How did Jesus deal with family rejection? – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.

Jan 27, 2025 - 3rd Monday in Ordinary Time / Mk 3:22-30

Jan 26 2025 3 mins  
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 confronted his accusers?

Jan 26, 2025 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Lk 1:1-4. 4:16-20

Jan 25 2025 3 mins  
All Scripture points to Christ - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Why would the Lord want to remind you that his inspirations and your diligent planning and efforts don’t exclude each other? Why do you think Jesus chose to use so many Old Testament elements as a platform for his message? Has the Lord manifested himself as your redeemer in some moment in your

Jan 25, 2025 - Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul / Acts 9:1-22

Jan 24 2025 3 mins  
The most unlikely convert - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How did these two factors - the grace of God and the assistance of the Church - combine in your own conversion, or in your own growth in the faith? When did you experience the signs of God’s intervention? When and how did the Lord refer you to the Church?