Daily Gospel Reflection on Veritas Catholic Network

Do We Only Turn to Jesus In Our Suffering?

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus invites us to come Himself, to learn from Him. Yet, how easily we look for other things.
Do we only turn to Him in suffering? Do we do so automatically?

Jesus, the Perfect High Priest Prays for YOU

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 11:25-27. Jesus’s prays for the disciples as He sends them out to share the Gospel. Jesus was their “support behind the scenes”.
We have the same. Jesus prays for us. Scripture tells us that Jesus intercedes for us as the perfect high priest before God.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Today is the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. The Gospel is Matthew 11:20-24.When Jesus comes to proclaim the Gospel, He proclaims the Gospel of repentance by calling to example cities where paganism ran rampant. He says if those cities had seen the signs people He preached to had seen, they would have repented quickly.
Fr. Sam also details the Carmelite Spirituality. So many great saints have come from the Carmelite order, under the patronage of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Through the Intercession of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel may we share in the spiritual fruits of the Carmelite communities.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

The Feast of St. Bonaventure - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today is the feast of St. Bonaventure, the Gospel reading is Matthew 10:34 - 11:1. Jesus is preparing his disciples for the fact that there are many who will not accept the Gospel. Not only this, but there will even be division within the household over faith in Christ. When people receive us and the Gospel message, they are really receiving Christ.
St. Bonaventure understood what it meant to preach the Gospel with fidelity, to carry the Good News despite obstacles and difficulties, to the world. Let us pray for the same grace to do so.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

We Are All Called to Evangelize - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 6:7-13. Jesus sends out the disciples two by two with nothing but a walking stick. Where you are welcomed, receive it, drive out demons, heal the sick and share the Good News. At every moment Jesus desires us to be evangelists in all moments, in the various settings of our lives.
We are called to be witnesses and we are to take nothing except the Gospel, the Holy Spirit dwelling in our hearts. 
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
 

We Have Been Won By the Blood of Christ - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 10:24-33. Jesus continues to send his apostles out as messengers and witnesses. As he prepares them for persecution and difficulty he reminds them who is really in charge. Suffering is not a sign that you are no longer in God’s favor. Rather, they are to remember that God knows and loves them intimately. They have been won by the Blood of Christ.
So too, we have been counted, numbered, and redeemed by the Precious Blood of Christ! As such, we are to be witnesses of the Good News to the entire world.
Let us pray for the grace to be ready to give witness to the truth, the goodness, and the mercy of Jesus Christ!
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

The Call To Be Sheep Among Wolves - Daily Gospel Reflection

Matthew 10:16-23. Jesus is sending out his apostles out as sheep among wolves. As such they must be shrewd as serpents but as gentle as doves. So too, they are not to prepare their defense ahead of time, the Holy Spirit will give them the power to give testimony.
We should rely on the Holy Spirit, but remember what else the disciples did, they learned how to be a witness from the Lord Himself. So too, we need to spend time with Jesus every single day, we need to reflect on His words, we need to learn the Catholic Faith.  By doing these things, we prepare ourselves to give testimony as sheep among wolves.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

The Feast of St. Benedict - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today is the feast of St. Benedict, our reading is Matthew 10:7-15.
Jesus sends the disciples out to every town and village to cure the sick and preach the word. It is active and moving.
St. Benedict founded monasteries to be stable institutions. What St. Benedict understood was that Christianity is more than just going out and proclaiming the word, it is also contemplating God, much like Jesus on the mountain top.
St. Benedict, pray for us. Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Go To Those Who are Sheep Without A Shepherd - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 10:1-7. Jesus sends the 12 out to the lost sheep of Israel. Israel, awaiting its savior, will come to know of its Messiah.
Just as Jesus sent out the 12, He sends us out. Not only to those who will listen to us, but to those who haven’t yet heard the Good News. To those who are sheep without a shepherd.
And still, we witness to one another as well.
Let us pray for the grace to bring the Mercy of God to the world.
Praised Be Jesus Christ! 

The Harvest is Many, But the Laborers are Few - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 9:32-38. Jesus sees the need of the people who follow him. They need God’s grace, they need His mercy.
He also sees their desire, the true desire to live in the Covenant. They want to walk according to the Commandments, they want to be in true Communion with God.
There are so many seeking God, the harvest is many, but those who labor to bring God to the people are few. Today we pray for an increase in evangelists and for the grace to be the best evangelists we can be.
Praised Be Jesus Christ! 

Continue Meditating on Christ's Healing Power! - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 9:18-26. It’s the story of the synagogue official and the woman with the hemorrhage. As we read this Gospel again we’re being invited to consider the healing power of Christ.
Why reread this Gospel story despite having read it recently? It is important to continuously meditate on the healing power of the Lord. He wants to bring healing grace into our lives and into the whole world.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Jesus was Met with Great Unbelief in Nazareth - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading Is Mark 6:1-6. Jesus returns home to Nazareth where He is met by great unbelief. The Gospels say that Jesus isn’t able to perform great miracles because the people are lacking in faith.
All of us are called to be evangelists, but it’s not always easy to share the Gospel with those who are closest to us. Family is often one of the hardest places to evangelize. Yet, we need to pay attention to the fact that Jesus still goes into Nazareth. He doesn’t avoid those closest to Him, but goes, despite their upcoming rejection.
We too are called to be instruments of God’s love and mercy always and to everyone.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

The Feast of St. Maria Goretti - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today is the feast of St. Maria Goretti, the Gospel reading is Matthew 9:14-17. Maria Goretti did not grow up "well off", but she had a great faith, living in the difficult situations in our life. In a moment of fear, when she was being assaulted, she trusted in God. As a martyr, she is a great witness to trusting in God’s mercy.
In the Gospel today, Jesus instructs us to keep maintain the newness of the Gospel in our lives. Keeping it “fresh” each and every day, never waning in our commitment to it.
St. Maria Goretti, pray for us!
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

The Call of Matthew - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel Reading is Matthew 9:9-13. This is the story of Matthew’s call to be a disciple. He’s called to follow Jesus and he invites many people to come along with him, sinners who need mercy. The Scribes and Pharisees recognize that Jesus knows his stuff, they may even be a bit jealous of Jesus for that reason.
Today, let us not be like the pharisees who can’t comprehend why Jesus sits with sinners, and instead, like Matthew, follow when we are called and rejoicing the conversion of sinners.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!

Freedom for Christ - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 9:1-8. Jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed man. The Pharisees want to know who but God can forgive sins? Jesus is thus using the healing as proof of His divinity. Then the crowds glorify God.
What’s more important, the physical healing Jesus performs or the forgiveness of our sins? Today as we reflect on our freedom, let us recognize we have the freedom to choose to follow Christ.
 

Thomas the Doubter? - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today is the feast of St. Thomas the apostle, the Gospel reading is John 20:24-29. It is the moment that Thomas demands to place his hand in the Lord’s side. What must be remembered before this event, Thomas is (mistakingly) ready to go into battle for the Lord, to die for the Lord. He’s ready to do whatever it takes. He’s no doubter at all.
Moreover, as soon as he sees the Lord he confesses Jesus as Lord and God. Thomas is the great paradigm of zeal and conversion.
Let us pray that the Lord would grant us the same confession of Faith as Thomas, who seeing the Risen Lord says, "my Lord and my God". 
 

Christ is Always Accompanying Us - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 8:23-27. Jesus is asleep in the boat and wakes up to find the disciples afraid and in chaos. The truth is that Jesus is present with us in the boat. He walks with us in every circumstance, constantly with us. Today, we need to ask for the grace to recognize Him in the boat, walking with us and accompanying us in every challenge and struggle.

Today is the Day to Follow Jesus - Daily Gospel Reflection

Today’s Gospel is Matthew 8:18-22. Many people approach the Lord offering to follow Him, but almost all with a small caveat attached. Jesus reminds us that if we follow Him, there will be challenges. We must be like Him in all things, and sometimes that means we must suffer.
Nonetheless, the Lord tells us not to wait, but to follow Him now. Today is the day, even if that means we have nowhere to lay our heads or must put aside the task we desire to do or lose good friends.
Lord, today grant us the grace to be true disciples in deed and in heart.
 

We Need Courage and Faith in Christ's Healing Power

Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 5:21-43. Today’s Gospel features two beautiful miracles of healing. Jairus’s daughter is healed and the woman who has been hemorrhaging for twelve years is healed. Jesus isn’t afraid to come to our place of suffering, he enters in and brings Himself and His love and mercy.
These two healings are performed in two different ways. First, Jairus asks directly where as the woman just needs to “get close enough”. Let us understand the breadth of Jesus’s healing ministry and have the confidence to ask Christ for healing and the faith of the woman to believe in His healing and mercy.

We Must Confess the Same Gospel as the Apostles

Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Today is the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, and today’s Gospel Reading is Mt 16:13-19. Today we have Peter’s great confession of faith and his being renamed Peter, that is “rock”. We stand firm on this apostolic foundation, that of Peter and the other disciples. Peter made the first confession of faith in Jesus, and now, we make the confession of faith because of what the Apostles have handed on! 
Saints Peter and Paul pray for us that we might remain true to the Gospel you devoted your lives to preaching.