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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Sep 11, 2024 - 23rd Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Lk 6:20-26
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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 ide…
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Sep 10, 2024 – 23rd Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Lk 6:12-19
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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?…
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Sep 9, 2024 – 23rd Monday in Ordinary Time / Lk 6:6-11
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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?…
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Sep 8, 2024 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Mk 7:31-37
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The healing of our capacity to connect with others - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How does this story relate to the transformations the Lord has done in your own life? How has He enabled you to communicate with others in a deeper way? Is this an area in which Jesus wants to help you grow even more?…
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Sep 7, 2024 – 22nd Saturday in Ordinary Time / Lk 6:1-5
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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 ri…
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Sep 6, 2024 - 22nd Friday in Ordinary Time / Lk 5:33-39
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Why didn’t Jesus’ disciples pray and fast as much as others? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What would it feel like to walk with Christ? In what ways do you imagine that that interaction with him would resemble prayer and fasting? In what ways would it be different? How would that ongoing interaction with Christ accomplish the…
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Sep 5, 2024 – 22nd Thursday in Ordinary Time / Lk 5:1-11
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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 m…
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Sep 4, 2024 – 22nd Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Lk 4:38-44
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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?…
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Sep 3, 2024 – 22nd Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Lk 4:31-37
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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?
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Sep 2, 2024 - 22nd Monday in Ordinary Time / Lk 4:16-30
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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 res…
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Sep 1, 2024 – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
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The harmony between the heart and visible behavior - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How is your faith manifested in your external behavior? What is your main temptation: to live in a faith made of externals, or a faith that is totally kept inside? How would Jesus want to you to establish a better relationship between your heart …
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Aug 31, 2024 – 21st Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mt 25:14-30
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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?
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Aug 30, 2024 – 21st Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 25:1-13
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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?
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Aug 29, 2024 - The Passion of St. John the Baptist / Mk 6:17-29
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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?
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Aug 28, 2024 – 21st Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 23:27-32
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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 th…
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Aug 27, 2024 - 21st Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 23:23-26
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The capacity to look into our spiritual blind spots - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What aspect of Jesus’ character do you find especially inspiring, as it stands in contrast with a hypocritical attitude? What is the Lord inviting you to work on?
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Aug 26, 2024 – 21st Monday in Ordinary Time / Mt 23:13-22
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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?
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Aug 25, 2024 – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time / Jn 6:60-69
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“Master, to whom shall we go?” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Have you been through situations in which your faith has been stretched and tried? What has helped you become more solid in your faith? Why would you now trust the Lord in things that would not agree with some aspects of your experience or some of your spontaneous i…
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Aug 24, 2024 – Feast of St. Bartholomew / Jn 1:45-51
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The two-sided quality of personal traits - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.If you encountered Jesus today, what are those good qualities He would praise in you? What could be the flip-side of those good qualities? How would the Lord encourage you to use their good potential, and not their difficult side?…
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Aug 23, 2024 – 20th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 22:34-40
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Why was the question on the greatest commandment a test? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How central is friendship with God to your own life? How would you assess your love for people around you? And where does that love spring from?
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Aug 22, 2024 – 20th Thursday in Ordinary Time / Mt 22:1-14
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The parable of the wedding guests - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What are the obstacles people need to overcome to respond to God’s call? What are some excuses that are used to justify our rebellion against God? How is Jesus asking you to respond?
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Aug 21, 2024 – 20th Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 20:1-16
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The parable of the laborers of the last hour - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What does Christ’s invitation to work in his vineyard mean for you? Do you experience it as a blessing or as a burden? What is the true motivation for serving him that Jesus wants you to find?
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Aug 20, 2024 – 20th Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 19:23-30
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The spiritual danger of possessions - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Are there things you need to be more detached from? Think of situations in which being detached from material things has helped you grow spiritually. Have you experienced the grace of a higher love that helped you become more detached?…
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Aug 19, 2024 – 20th Monday in Ordinary Time / Mt 19:16-22
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The calling of the rich young man - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Has your faith in Christ helped you grow in your sense of orientation, morally speaking? What has helped you, or could help you, discover the commandments as a path of freedom? Have you ever encountered Jesus, or someone who reflected Jesus to you, in such manner…
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Aug 18, 2024 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Jn 6:51-58
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What does it mean that Jesus gives us his body and blood - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Why do you think Jesus wanted to give us his very self? What are the effects that the Eucharist have had in your life? What does it mean to live a Eucharistic lifestyle?
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Aug 17, 2024 – 19th Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mt 19:13-15
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Why is Jesus’ blessing of children significant? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Why is this gesture of Jesus significant to you? What does Jesus want you to rediscover through it?
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Aug 16, 2024 - 19th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 19:3-12
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Marriage as the gift of a higher love - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Why did God decide to call humanity to such great and challenging vocation? Why is it a vocation, a calling? Why is it increasingly being perceived as something faith-related?
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Aug 15, 2024 – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary / Lk 1:39-56
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Mary’s inner freedom - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you find striking about Mary’s words and actions in this gospel? What elements here lead you to think of Mary as someone who was ready for heaven, even as she walked this earth? What does the Lord want you to learn from her example?…
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Aug 14, 2024 – 19th Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 18:15-20
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How should we exercise fraternal correction? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Who am I responsible for? What am I doing for their spiritual well-being? Why has the Lord given the Church that authority? What did Jesus intend us to gain from it?
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Aug 13, 2024 - 19th Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
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On spiritual infancy - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What are the elements of a child’s heart that Jesus wants you to keep or recover? What is the Lord teaching you about true greatness and humility? Are there things you need to take more seriously, and others you may need to take with a grain of salt?…
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Aug 12, 2024 - 19th Monday in Ordinary Time / Mt 17:22-27
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The mysterious payment of the Temple tax - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention in Christ’s character, as it comes through in these lines? Why do you think He acted the way He did? What was important to him? What is He trying to tell you, in the particular circumstances you are living through now?…
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Aug 11, 2024 – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Jn 6:41-51
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The Father’s inner teaching - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Can you verify this spiritual law in your own faith journey: that the one that speaks in your heart is the one speaking to you in the Gospel, in the Church? What is He saying in your heart these days? What is He saying to you through His word? If you had to picture an …
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Aug 10, 2024 – Feast of St. Lawrence / Jn 12:24-26
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The link between love and sacrifice - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.In what ways has the Lord led you to die to yourself in your faith journey? What fruit have you experienced as a result of those deaths? What is the fruitfulness you see in the lives of Christ and the saints, and how is that connected to their capacity for sacr…
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Aug 9, 2024 - 18th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 16:24-28
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Why does Jesus insist on the cross if He brings good news? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you need to deny in yourself, or the cross you need to take up, in order to follow Jesus more closely? What would you gain if you took up that cross?
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Aug 8, 2024 – 18th Thursday in Ordinary Time / Mt 16:13-23
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“You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.” - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What were those God-moments that enabled you to understand statements of faith in a different way? Why did Jesus want to give spiritual authority to the Church? And what is the significance of the Church in your faith journey? Have you e…
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Aug 7, 2024 – 18th Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 15:21-28
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Why was Jesus so stern with the Canaanite woman? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Why do you think Jesus subjected the woman to this test? Has God tested your heart at times? What were the outcomes of those tests?
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Aug 6, 2024 - Feast of the Transfiguration / Mt 17:1-9
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Why did Jesus show his glory to the disciples? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention about Christ’s transfiguration? What are the most significant moments of light that you’ve had in recent times? What did the Lord want you to discover through them?
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Aug 5, 2024 – 18th Monday in Ordinary Time / Mt 14:13-21
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Why did Jesus want the crowds to stay longer? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you admire in Jesus’ attitude in this passage? Talk to him about this. Have you been through situations in your life that resonate with this passage?
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Aug 4, 2024 - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Jn 6:24-35
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Jesus is the bread of life - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What is it like to seek God as a means to implementing our own vision of life? How is that different from following Christ’s vision? Is there an area in which Jesus is inviting you to have faith in him, to trust in his path for you? How has Jesus’ life become your bread…
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Aug 3, 2024 - 17th Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mt 14:1-12
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A spiritual reading of the Baptist’s passion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Can you relate to the way in which Herod felt pressured to act in a way he didn’t want to act? How so? Have you experienced the freedom that Christ can give you? What is that freedom like?
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Aug 2, 2024 - 17th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:54-58
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Why did people in Nazareth reject Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Is the sin of envy keeping you from growing spiritually? Have you discovered this vertical element in your life and that of others, the action of the Holy Spirit? How has God assumed the natural qualities you have, while purifying them, and giving them a b…
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Aug 1, 2024 - 17th Thursday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:47-53
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The parable of the net - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Can you read situations familiar to you in this image of the net gathering fish of every kind? What elements or situations you find yourself in require vigilance and purification, because they are not compatible with life in Christ? Which are those elements that Jesus wants…
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Jul 31, 2024 - 17th Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:44-46
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The parables of the treasure and the pearl - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. When and how did you discover the reality of God’s kingdom as the highest value? What situations tempt you to look back?
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Jul 30, 2024 - 17th Tuesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:36-43
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Can evil be completely eradicated? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What could constitute the opposite danger of being too indecisive or slow in fighting evil? Because we cannot let the bad ones solidify and take root and become permanent dispositions in us either. Why do you think Jesus expressed such finality in the separation…
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Jul 29, 2024 - Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus / Jn 11:19-27
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What does it mean that Jesus is the resurrection and the life? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.In what ways have you seen people’s lives expand when they come close to Jesus? How has your own life expanded by walking with him? What stands out to you in the lifestyle of these three holy siblings? In what way is Jesus calling you…
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Jul 28, 2024 - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Jn 6:1-15
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The miracle of the multiplication of the loaves - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention in the words and actions of Jesus in this passage? What was He expecting from his disciples and from the crowd? What is the Lord telling you through this text?
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Jul 27, 2024 - 16th Saturday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:24-30
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The parable of the wheat and the weeds - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.
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Jul 26, 2024 - 16th Friday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:18-23
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The hardened soil and the good soil - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Do you have experience of these things? What words has the Lord sown in you in recent times? Was there a time in which, looking back, it feels like your soul was hardened, unable to relate to the word of God? What changed things for you? What signs of the good …
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Jul 25, 2024 - Feast of St. James / Mt 20:20-28
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Why Jesus did not completely reject the request of James and John - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What is the kind of greatness you are looking for? Are you allowing your heart to dream of great things? Or are you completely dominated by discouragement and self-doubt? How has Jesus guided you by providing a better scope for yo…
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Jul 24, 2024 - 16th Wednesday in Ordinary Time / Mt 13:1-9
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The parable of the sower - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Are there graces that God is asking you to be open to, or to protect to a greater degree? What makes the soil of your heart change from one type to another?
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