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Daily Gospel Meditations - Saint John Society

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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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Apr 24, 2024 - 4th Wednesday of Easter / Jn 12:44-50

April 24, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.13 MB

Jesus, an icon of the Father - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you learn by looking back on these words of Jesus from the perspective of the resurrection? Why do you think that only in union with Christ it’s possible to live in the light? Why can’t the light and darkness be blended? In what way is Jesus inviting you to adopt his obedience and to see it as a blessing for you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 23, 2024 - 4th Tuesday of Easter / Jn 10:22-30

April 23, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.33 MB

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 22, 2024 - 4th Monday of Easter / Jn 10:1-10

April 22, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.32 MB

Why did Jesus say that He was 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 calling you to conform your thoughts and desires with his, so that you may in turn guide others? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 21, 2024 - 4th Sunday of Easter / Jn 10:11-18

April 21, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.11 MB

The good shepherd lays down his life for us - 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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 20, 2024 - 3rd Saturday of Easter / Jn 6:60-69

April 20, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.77 MB

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 19, 2024 - 3rd Friday of Easter / Jn 6:52-59

April 19, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.65 MB

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, what action or moment in the life of Christ would you like to connect with through the Eucharist? ...

Apr 18, 2024 - 3rd Thursday of Easter / Jn 6:44-51

April 18, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.94 MB

“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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 17, 2024 - 3rd Wednesday of Easter / Jn 6:35-40

April 17, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.55 MB

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 16, 2024 - 3rd Tuesday of Easter / Jn 6:30-35

April 16, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.21 MB

The life of Jesus is the bread of life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Was there a time in which God sustained your life, as He protected Israel in the desert? How could you grasp this idea: that Jesus has become the sustenance, the one who restores you to your true identity? What aspects of Jesus’ life speak of that to you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 15, 2024 - 3rd Monday of Easter / Jn 6:22-29

April 15, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.86 MB

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? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 14, 2024 - 3rd Sunday of Easter / Lk 24:35-48

April 14, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.92 MB

Why were the disciples doubtful even after seeing the risen Christ? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How is the Lord strengthening you? How has He strengthened you in the past through his presence and through his word? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 13, 2024 - 2nd Saturday of Easter / Jn 6:16-21

April 13, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.1 MB

How to navigate moments of desolation? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Does this Gospel help you discover how Christ worked through trials you’ve been through in recent times? What was the cause behind those challenges? Did you discover any signs of his presence during those times? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 12, 2024 - 2nd Friday of Easter / Jn 6:1-15

April 12, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.06 MB

The pedagogy of desire - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Why does the Lord want to involve his disciples in distributing his gifts? What are the natural blessings that may result from people being drawn to him? What are the higher gifts He wants us to discover through those natural blessings? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 11, 2024 - 2nd Thursday of Easter / Jn 3:31-36

April 11, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.27 MB

Why is Jesus a contested figure? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Have you discovered that logic of the Trinity, so different from the logic of the world, when you entered the Body of Christ? Have you had to battle for your faith in contentious situations? What have you learned through those experiences? What steps you’ve taken have led you to discover that God is trustworthy? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 10, 2024 - 2nd Wednesday of Easter / Jn 3:16-21

April 10, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.56 MB

Why is there condemnation, if God loves his creation? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. When have you experienced God’s love for you most clearly? Do you believe in God’s love for you and for the world? Why do you think God made such a bold and compassionate move: to manifest his love in sending us his Son? What are the implications of the way in which God guides the world, allowing humanity to judge for themselves on which side they want to be, whether in the light or in...

Apr 9, 2024 - 2nd Tuesday of Easter / Jn 3:7b-15

April 09, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.92 MB

What does Jesus mean by being born of the Spirit? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How would your life be different, if you hadn’t been born from above? Have you experienced the signs of this new life in the Spirit? Have you noticed the effects that meditating on Scripture and receiving the Sacraments has on you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 8, 2024 – Solemnity of the Annunciation / Lk 1:26-38

April 08, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.85 MB

The mystery of God’s calling and human freedom - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is the Lord teaching you through Mary’s vocation? What aspects of your own life have you come to know through callings that came to you from outside? In which cases would the Lord want your life to be more connected to him and to others, so as to overcome individualism? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 7, 2024 - 2nd Sunday of Easter / Jn 20:19-31

April 07, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.08 MB

What was Thomas doubting exactly? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How do you respond to the fact that Christ places such high expectations on us? What is the mission He is entrusting you with? What are the implications of being sent as a representative of Christ in your own vocation? What would be the implications if we were never trusted with any significant mission? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 6, 2024 - Saturday in the Octave of Easter / Mk 16:9-15

April 06, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.08 MB

Why could the disciples doubt the risen Christ? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you recognize some of these perplexities and doubts in your own heart? What resonates with you in today’s gospel? With which of the characters there do you identify? What step of faith is the Lord inviting you to take? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 5, 2024 - Friday in the Octave of Easter / Jn 21:1-14

April 05, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.54 MB

The apparition at the Lake of Tiberias - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does this passage remind you of what Jesus has done in your own life? What do you find especially inspiring in Christ’s example of friendship? How can you imitate him in this aspect? What is the Lord telling you about how stay consistent through changes in mood? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 4, 2024 - 1st Thursday of Easter / Lk 24:35-48

April 04, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MB

What the resurrection accounts teach us about the dynamics of the spiritual life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is significant to you in the way Jesus acted in this passage? Have you received signs from God that caused that blending of joy and shock? What changed in your spiritual life when it went from a set of practices to following a living person? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Apr 3, 2024 - 1st Wednesday of Easter / Lk 24:13-35

April 03, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.57 MB

The apparition to the disciples going to Emmaus - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How do you relate to the particular trial of these disciples? How does this passage resonate with your own faith journey? How is the Lord encouraging you to imitate him in helping others reignite their faith? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 2, 2024 - Tuesday in the Octave of Easter / Jn 20:11-18

April 02, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.16 MB

Why did Jesus ask Mary not to hold on to him? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. The Lord is inviting us to seek Christ, as Mary Magdalene did. How can you do that? What does it mean for you to seek him? Is it possible that Christ has been showing that He is close to you in new ways, in ways that are different from what you expected? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

April 1, 2024 - Monday in the Octave of Easter / Mt 28:8-15

March 31, 2024 23:41 - 3 minutes - 4.67 MB

How could they feel fear and joy at the same time? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What has the Lord done, what has the Lord shown you, so that you can be overjoyed? What prompts you to feel fear? What does Jesus words “do not be afraid” mean for you, in practical terms? Where are you focusing your gaze? On that which God can do even through our human frailty? Or on what the powers of this world can do? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...

Mar 31, 2024 - Easter Sunday / Jn 20:1-9

March 31, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.96 MB

New life in the resurrection - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are those glimpses that help you anticipate something of what life in the resurrection is like? What are the signs in your life that point to the Lord’s resurrection? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 30, 2024 - Holy Saturday

March 30, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.05 MB

The purification that the Passion operates in us - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here to go back to the reading of the Passion, or here for the Easter Vigil readings. How has the Lord purified you through trials? What does He want to heal in you through this contemplation of his Passion? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 29, 2024 - Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion / Jn 18:1—19:42

March 29, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.96 MB

A contemplation of the Passion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. In what ways is the trial of Christ still being played out in today’s world and in your soul? What is the Lord showing you about himself and about where your heart is at through this contemplation of his Passion? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 28, 2024 - Holy Thursday / Jn 13:1-15

March 28, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.45 MB

The washing of the disciples’ feet - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Why do you think Jesus chose this gesture to symbolize his life? What do you need to let Jesus wash you of?  What is most significant to you about Christ’s love? How is He asking you to imitate that love? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 27, 2024 - Wednesday of Holy Week / Mt 26:14-25

March 27, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.25 MB

How could Judas betray Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What can you learn about the dynamics of sin in the story of Judas? What did Jesus do to address those growing roots of sin? Are there any tendencies or thoughts that Jesus would want you to address in your life, so as to stop the spread of sin in your soul? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 26, 2024 - Tuesday of Holy Week / Jn 13:21-33, 36-38

March 26, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.11 MB

Sins of weakness vs. deliberate sins - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What difference do you discover in this gospel between sins of weakness and deliberate sins? What strategies can you learn from Christ on how to fight these different kinds of temptation? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 25, 2024 - Monday of Holy Week / Jn 12:1-11

March 25, 2024 00:15 - 3 minutes - 4.01 MB

The anointing of Jesus in Bethany - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Why does the Lord value actions like those of Mary? What generous gestures is the Lord inspiring you to offer him? When you feel resistance to those generous offerings, where does it come from? How can you unite your heart to the Passion of Christ in this Holy Week? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 24, 2024 – Palm Sunday / Mk 11:1-10

March 24, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.45 MB

Was Palm Sunday just a short-lived victory? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Can you picture these two crowds as Jesus enters the city? Can you see these two crowds in today’s world as well? What does it mean for you to walk with Christ, to be in the world but not of the world? In response to the voices that tell you that faith cannot do much, do you see the impact that Jesus has in your life and those around you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...

Mar 23, 2024 - 5th Saturday of Lent / Jn 11:45-56

March 23, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.34 MB

Reactions to the resurrection of Lazarus - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you see yourself reflected in some of these reactions to the Lord’s miracles? Are the voices of fear rising above other important factors in your decisions? Is there anything that God is inviting you to do to manifest his light, even when that could be met with opposition? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 22, 2024 - 5th Friday of Lent / Jn 10:31-42

March 22, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.25 MB

How Jesus confronts human hardness of heart - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. When you hear Jesus responding in this way to those who didn’t trust him, can you imagine the Lord reasoning with you along similar lines? What would He say to you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 21, 2024 - 5th Thursday of Lent / Jn 8:51-59

March 21, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.26 MB

The roots of unbelief: a distorted idea of God - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What’s your experience of that life made of communion with the Father that Jesus speaks of? What are those distorted images of God that could tempt us to displace the living God from our hearts? How does the word of Christ provide a corrective for that temptation? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 20, 2024 - 5th Wednesday of Lent / Jn 8:31-42

March 20, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.1 MB

A deeper conversion: receiving the heart of children - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What do you find most striking in the freedom and identity of Christ? Does this gospel help you detect any roots of sin in your heart? What is Jesus asking you to do, so you can live in greater freedom? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 19, 2024 - Solemnity of St. Joseph / Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a

March 19, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.2 MB

Why was Joseph left in his perplexity? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Does this passage resonate with events in your own life? Have you seen spiritual growth take place through times of uncertainty, not having the whole roadmap in your hands? Have you seen how fidelity to the light you have at a given time is rewarded by God’s confirmation later on? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 18, 2024 - 5th Monday of Lent / Jn 8:1-11

March 18, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.31 MB

How could Jesus be merciful without disregarding the Law? – Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. In what situations is the Lord calling you to exercise this compassion? How do you balance faithfulness and mercy? Imagine you are brought before the Lord by accusers. What are the charges they could bring up? How does Jesus respond to them? What does the Lord say to you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 17, 2024 - 5th Sunday of Lent / Jn 12:20-33

March 17, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.39 MB

Why did Jesus had to die to bear fruit? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Have you seen the impact of God’s grace in your own life or the lives of others? How does Jesus want you to combine both aspects in your endeavors: your human talents and potential, and also supernatural means? Why do you think that both are important if you want to bear fruit? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 16, 2024 - 4th Saturday of Lent / Jn 7:40-53

March 16, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.41 MB

The battle that rages inside the soul - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Can you identify the voices that arise in your reason and in your sensibility in both camps, for Jesus and against him, for what He says and against what He says? How does the Holy Spirit argue with you, to bring you to side with Christ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 15, 2024 – 4th Friday of Lent / Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

March 15, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MB

The attempt to explain who Jesus is in a human way - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Are there situations now in which Jesus is inviting you to act with courage, and yet, to do so shrewdly, with a strategy in mind? What aspects of your life – or in the life of believers – do you sense can only be explained as coming from God? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 14, 2024 - 4th Thursday of Lent / Jn 5:31-47

March 14, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MB

What made it difficult for them to believe in Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Why did God want to provide you with sufficient witnesses that would strengthen your faith? What have been those different testimonies that impacted your life? Is something acting as an obstacle to your faith? What are subtle ways of choosing the glory of this world over the glory of God? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 13, 2024 - 4th Wednesday of Lent / Jn 5:17-30

March 13, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.28 MB

How can Jesus be always at work? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. So, how would you assess your daily activities, according to this gospel? When does your work feel alienating? And when do you sense you can do things in Christ, in keeping with your identity? To what extent are you doing things that give life to others? Are you radiating the light of Christ in the world, so that those called to belong to him may be judged worthy to inherit eternal life? --- Send in a v...

Mar 12, 2024 - 4th Tuesday of Lent / Jn 5:1-16

March 12, 2024 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.21 MB

“Do you want to be well?” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What gifts have you received from Christ that enabled you to do better, but also led you to new responsibilities and new challenges? What are those challenges, and how are you responding to them? Have you been faithful to the salvation and the graces that the Lord has given you? Why is that faithfulness necessary to keep doing well? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-lab...

Mar 11, 2024 - 4th Monday of Lent / Jn 4:43-54

March 11, 2024 00:17 - 3 minutes - 4.49 MB

The transformation of a powerful man - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What changed in this official? What was the inner process of coming to faith like? How did he see his own life before and after? How do you imagine his daily life being different? And how does this resonate with you? Why does Jesus want you to reflect on this today? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 10, 2024 - 4th Sunday of Lent / Jn 3:14-21

March 10, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes - 4.28 MB

How can God’s love be rejected? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How has the influence of Christ been a light for you? How have you received his love? What are ways in which you can come to the light? Are there any situations in which you are tempted to reject the light? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 9, 2024 - 3rd Saturday of Lent / Lk 18:9-14

March 09, 2024 18:11 - 3 minutes - 4.87 MB

Pride, humility, and the standard of morality - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. How does pride manifest itself in my own heart? What is the Lord inviting me to do about it? What is the standard of morality that I normally apply to myself? What is unique and inspiring in Christ’s humility? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 8, 2024 - 3rd Friday of Lent / Mk 12:28-34

March 08, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes - 4.3 MB

Why was the scribe asking Jesus about something he knew? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Think of the activities and projects that occupy most of your mental time. How are those connected with love of God and love of neighbor? What would Jesus encourage you to do, so that your capacity to love God and others may grow? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 7, 2024 - 3rd Thursday of Lent / Lk 11:14-23

March 07, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes - 5.11 MB

How Jesus exposes the strategies of the evil one - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you find in your thoughts, feelings, or reactions, any agreement with the lies and accusations of the Evil One? How could someone fall for those lies? What brings home to you the evidence of God’s goodness? In what ways is Jesus asking you to side with him more clearly? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message

Mar 6, 2024 - 3rd Wednesday of Lent / Mt 5:17-19

March 06, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes - 4.44 MB

Why does Jesus say He hadn’t come to abolish the Law? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Can you verify the benefit of good rules in your own life? Are there particular areas in which you don’t need many rules, because your heart has grown strong? Is the Lord encouraging you to go back to certain basic rules of Christian life? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucas-laborde/message