Daily Gospel Reflection on Veritas Catholic Network
Daily Gospel reflections that are under 3 minutes long so you get your daily dose of the Catholic Faith quickly! Fr. Sam reflects on the Catholic Mass readings from the day (Old Testament, New Testament, or Gospel) as well as the Saint of the day for his daily reflections. For more of Fr. Sam, check out ”the Tangent on Veritas Catholic Network” and ”Roar like the Lamb”.
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Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 14: 27-31 .
The Lord brings peace, but not the same the world brings peace. Is peace just the absence of noise and conflict?
The peace Jesus brings us is a peace of soul. A quiet, confidence, and total reliance on God.
Today, let us pray for true peace of soul.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is Jn 14: 21-26.
Whoever has the commandments of Jesus and observes them, loves. In turn, those who love God are loved by God.
God is love, and in an act of pure love creates all things. Let us pray for the grace to love the Lord above all things.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 12:44-55
Jesus tells us that He will always remain with us and that whoever believes in Him believes in the One who sent Him.
Jesus is the light of the World and is given to us in Baptism. When we receive the Eucharist, we receive the Lord Himself, and thus, the Light as well. Just so, Jesus is the light in our darkness, guiding us to Everlasting Life.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is Jn 10:22-30.
Jesus calls us by name, and when we are in the care of the Good Shepherd, no one can take us out of the care of the Father.
No matter how far we find ourselves from the Lord, there is no sin that is “too big” for His mercy.
Let us ask for the Grace of being good sheep of the Good Shepherd.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 10:1-10.
The Good Shepherd enters through the gate. Anyone one who doesn’t enter through the gate is a thief and a robber, who destroys.
The Good Shepherd calls us back from the wrong voice. Let us listen to His voice, and follow Him faithfully everyday.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:60-69.
There is quarreling among Jesus’s disciples because He said, “I am the bread of life, My Flesh is true food and my Blood is true drink. Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink the blood you have not life within you”. This saying is a challenge. Jesus lets them struggle and, if they choose to, He lets them walk away.
Jesus never denies us the freedom to ask questions, or even, have doubts. If you have a question of faith, bring it to Him today.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6: 55-59.
Jesus is doubling down on the point. If we do not eat His Flesh and drink His Blood, if we don’t share in the Eucharist, we are missing something essential for Eternal Life.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:44-51
No one can come to Jesus unless His Father draws them. What does this mean? It means that the very faith we have in Jesus and in the Eucharist is itself a gift.
Death is not the eternal solution, it is the Eucharist that gives us eternal life, and it is by God’s grace, that we believe in the first place.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:35-40
Jesus is raising the stakes. He’s not just satisfying our physical and spiritual hunger. Now He tells us that He who is the Bread of Life will give us Eternal Life. The Eucharist, will lead us to Eternal Life.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:30-35
“I Am the Bread of Life”. Jesus is going to give Himself to us as the true food. Just as God gave the people bread from Heaven through Moses, so too, Jesus giving us the “living bread” is a sign of God’s authority and presence.
During the year of Eucharistic Revival, we are invited to come to Jesus, who is the Bread of Life.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:22-29
The people recognize that only one boat had crossed the sea. Why is this important? The people hunger for Christ. They are not just physically hungry, but spiritually hungry. They are searching for Him, the Bread of Life.
Where do you search for Christ?
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is Luke 24:35-48
Jesus reminds the apostles of who they are, witnesses of “these things”… Jesus’s Life, Mission, Death, and Resurrection. Jesus is not just speaking to the 11 remaining apostles, but now, He is speaking to us as well.
Everyone who is baptized into life in Christ is called to be a witness. How will you witness today?
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:16-21
The Disciples are in a boat crossing the sea. Jesus is walking on water towards them, and though they are afraid, they immediately arrive on shore.
Jesus wants us to know that we are not to be afraid of Him, His miracles, or His teachings, especially that of His True Presence in the Eucharist.
Be Not Afraid.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 6:1-15.
This is the beginning of the Bread of Life Discourse, where Jesus feeds the 5000. Jesus wants to feed the people with bread that has no earthly origin. It is a meal that leaves everyone satisfied.
Jesus who is the Bread of Life, gives Himself to us as our true food. We receive His living Body in the Eucharist so that we might share in His life.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 3:31-36
“God does not ration His gift of the spirit”. As we approach Pentecost we remember that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit that leads into all Truth, grants to all Christians the gifts needed to live the Christian Life!
God pours out His gifts upon in abundance so that we can share the Good News with others!
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is John 3:16-21
Death is not the final state of life, Jesus tells us there will be life in abundance!
In this reading, Jesus is preparing Nicodemus at the beginning of His ministry for what will come towards the end. We read this passage from a privileged place of knowledge about the Resurrection!
Reading during the Easter season, let us read this verse in a whole new light!
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Today Father Sam focuses on the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 4, the first reading from Mass today.
This reading gives us a snapshot of what the early Church was like. It can also be seen as an “ideal” of what Christian Community looks like.
Barnabas, the son of encouragement, who builds up the community, sells a piece of land and leaves it all at the feet of the Apostles. Are we like Barnabas, do we build up and unify the Body of Christ on earth, the Church?
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is Luke 1:26-38
Today we celebrate the Annunciation. While it’s typically on March 25th, this year, because of the liturgies of Holy Week, we celebrate it today.
Today marks the day that the angel Gabriel announced to Mary she would bear a son, and Mary, accepts Christ into her own body.
Today, we are reminded of the Incarnation, which makes our life and our future resurrection possible.
Praised Be Jesus Christ !
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Today’s Divine Mercy Sunday Gospel Reading features Thomas’s great proclamation (“my Lord and my God”) and Jesus breathing on the Holy Spirit. What’s amazing is that Jesus allows us to have our doubts, and in those places of doubt, He mercifully approaches us. There, He calls us into the Truth.
Today, as we come to the end of the Octave of Easter we are called to be witnesses of Mercy in the World.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 16:9-15
Today’s reading is a quick summary of what has happened over the last few days. Jesus appears to the disciples and actually rebukes those who haven’t believed their brothers about His Resurrection. What’s amazing is that Jesus still gives the Great Commission to those same disciples.
As we approach Pentecost pray that the Lord would prepare us for our mission, to go out and bring the good news to all creatures of the earth.
Praised Be Jesus Christ!