Category: US Daily Meditations

THE RICH FOOL (LK 12:13-21) Prayer: O Lord, do not allow my material possessions to ruin my faith. Imagination: Picture Jesus with His disciples. Context: A person asked Jesus to gain him his rightful inheritance. Jesus refuses to accept this …

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025, TWENTY-NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Read more »

THE UNJUST JUDGE (LK 18:1-8) Prayer: O Lord Jesus, let me cry out to you day and night. Imagination: Picture Jesus with His disciples. Context: This parable speaks of two people – the widow and the unjust judge. This unjust …

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2025, TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Read more »

JESUS’ WARNINGS (LK 12: 1-7) Prayer: O Lord, you care for the sparrows. You will care also for me. Imagination: Picture Jesus teaching the dense crowds. Context: This text has 2 parts. Having denounced the Pharisees to their face, Jesus …

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025, MEMORIAL OF SAINT IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP AND MARTYR Read more »

BLAMING THE FOREFATHERS (LK 11:47-54) Prayer: O Jesus, fill me with a true piety which knows and loves God. Imagination: Picture Jesus denouncing the Pharisees. Context: The Jews blame their forefathers for being mistaken and killing the prophets. However, they …

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2025, TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Read more »

THE TEN LEPERS (LK 17:11-19) Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Fill me with a spirit of thanksgiving. Imagination: Picture the one leper returning to give thanks. Context: This story is somewhat like a parable and ends with Jesus pronouncing the saving …

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025, TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Read more »

THE GREATER BLESSING (LK 11:27-28) Prayer: O Lord, help me to hear your word and keep it. Imagination: Picture Jesus speaking to the crowds when a woman shouts out. Context: This spontaneous cry of a woman praises motherhood. Jesus uses …

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025, TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Read more »

THE SERVANTS ENTRUSTED WITH MONEY(Mt 25:14-30) Prayer: O Jesus, make me your faithful servant to whom you can entrust your blessings. Imagination: Picture Jesus teaching His disciples. Context: This parable is directed to the scribes. Surprisingly, the emphasis is upon …

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2025 TWENTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Read more »

Passion of St. John the Baptist (MK 6:14-29) Prayer: Lord Jesus, let me not be swayed by the opinions of others. Imagination: Picture Herod with his party guests. Context: This section is an interlude, which Mark inserts between the sending …

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025 MEMORIAL OF THE PASSION OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST Read more »

NEED FOR WATCHFULNESS (MT 24:42-51) Prayer: O Jesus, I will watch for your return. Imagination: Picture Jesus in the Jerusalem Temple with his disciples. Context: This text contains two parables. The first likens God to a thief who breaks in …

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2025 MEMORIAL OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Read more »

THE CULTURAL EVIL (MT 23:27-32) Prayer: O Jesus, free me from my blindness. Let me see the truth. Imagination: Picture Jesus confronting his contemporaries. Context: This is the longest of seven woes pronounced by Jesus. He prophesies his own death …

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025 MEMORIAL OF SAINT MONICA Read more »