10 Minutes with Jesus

03-01-2024 The Name (GB)

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

02-01-2024 We Are All Christs (JE)

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

01-01-2024 Mother Never Loses (JG)

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

31-12-2023 The Decision to Love (JFK)

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

30-12-2023 Anna from Asher (MC)

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

29-12-2023 Joy or Mourning (MM)

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

28-12-2023 Herod the Not so Great (AB)

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Herod was a man of contradictions that led to murder. If we accept the saviour we pray we can overcome our own contradictions.

27-12-2023 Eyes Eats and Hands of St John the Evangelist (JB)

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

St. John the apostle and evangelist is astounded that he heard, saw, and touched the Eternal Word with his own ears, eyes, and hands. That was somethi...

26-12-2023 Suffering After Christmas (JPM)

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mt 10:17-22 - Today, the day after Christmas, we are invited to remember that Jesus is a sign of contradiction and as Christians, we will undergo pers...

25-12-2023 I am registered in Bethlehem (EN)

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

24-12-2023 A Nest for Jesus (GJ)

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1st reading of today’s Mass God asks King David through Nathan if he is the man to build him a house to dwell in. In the Gospel God asks Mary...

23-12-2023 The Silence of Zechariah (NS)

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

22-12-2023 The Wonders We Shall See (FD)

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.”

21-12-2023 Carrying Jesus with Joy (RS)

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our Lady pregnant with Jesus can be an image of the Church and each of us with the life of Christ within us desiring to see His face in Heaven. Today'...

20-12-2023 Music That Saves (DOH)

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

19-12-2023 Angelic Medicine (MRS)

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Zechariah struggles to trust in the will of God for his life. He asks, 'How can I be SURE of this?' He loses his speech for the next few months - in o...

18-12-2023 Ready like St. Joseph (GB)

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

St Joseph was ready because he always was. He lived ready to fulfil the instructions of the Angel. He was faithful. He is the man of Advent. Being clo...

17-12-2023 No no no yes yes yes (JE)

16 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The celibate vocation involves a number of ‘no’s', just as St John the Baptist honestly affirmed that he was not the Christ, Elijah, or the prophe...

16-12-2023 Spiritual Fire (JG)

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The first reading speaks of Elijah as "appearing like a fire," going to heaven in a "whirlwind of fire" and bringing down fire from heaven to the eart...

15-12-2023 Put Up the Lights (KDS)

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus laments about the generation of people who are never satisfied. This Advent we seek to prepare "the manger of our souls" by removing the barbed ...

14-12-2023 The Violent Bear It Away (JFK)

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our Advent guide, John the Baptist, is praised by Jesus today. What does it mean that the violent are taking the Kingdom of Heaven by force?

13-12-2023 True Rest in Jesus (MC)

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus tells us to come to him when we are looking for rest. We should take him seriously and actually seek to find our peace not in other forms of dis...

12-12-2023 Visit Home Shrine (MM)

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To guide us through our Advent we celebrate yet another beautiful Marian feast. Our Lady of Guadalupe is an exquisite portrait of Mary's maternal soli...

11-12-2023 The Roofer of Capernaum (AB)

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The friends lowered the paralytic through the roof to get to Jesus. No one thinks of the guy who put on the roof, what did he make of this frantic des...

10-12-2023 Advent with John the Baptist, Isaiah and Handel (JB)

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

09-12-2023 The Virtues of St Juan Diego (JPM)

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

08-12-23 Punch him in the Face (EN)

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The words of God to Satan: ipsa conteret caput tuum (Gen 3). The devil is getting his due.

06-12-23 Following Jesus Up the Mountain (NS)

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are being encouraged to follow Jesus, to meet Him atop the mountain spiritually. So, let us follow Jesus up the mountain because God first ca...

05-12-23 Keep it simple! (FD)

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them...

04-12-23 Not worthy (RS)

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When we recognise how unworthy we are for the Lord to come to us, we might be tempted to refuse him. In today's Gospel we see the centurion's faith n...

03-12-23 For real! (DOH)

02 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

03-12-23 For real! (DOH) Ideas to spark your prayer

02-12-23 New Year's Eve (MRS)

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike NYE at the end of December, this one at the end of the liturgical year, and at the end of the month of November, gives us an opportunity to pre...

01-12-23 Christian optimism (GB)

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Towards the end of the liturgical year, we are reminded of the difficulties that will come for the disciples of Christ. And Jesus asks us to persevere...

30-11-23 On the Lookout (JE)

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

30-11-23 On the Lookout (JE) Ideas to spark your prayer

29-11-23 Save your soul with patience (JG)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

29-11-23 Save your soul with patience (JG) Ideas to spark your prayer

28-11-23 Beware the bunker mentality (JK)

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

28-11-23 Beware the bunker mentality (JK) Ideas to spark your prayer

27-11-23 Mission Partners (MC)

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

27-11-23 Mission Partners (MC) Ideas to spark your prayer

26-11-23 Seeking the Great King (MM)

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

26-11-23 Seeking the Great King (MM) Ideas to spark your prayer

25-11-23 Akward convo with the waiter (AB)

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The resurrection is the major game changer of our lives, our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus is what gives us life, we have to witness to...

24-11-23 Be like Jesus_ be angry, but do not sin (JWB)

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lk 19:45–48 // Jn 2:14–17. Jesus throws tables and uses a whip to drive off cattle, sheep, and pigeons that don't belong to him. He got angry. But...

23-11-23 Attitude of Gratitude (JPM)

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Thanksgiving Day in the USA - Using the Thanksgiving Proclamation from President George Washington, let us learn to give thanks for specific gifts fro...

22-11-23 Oh Divine Beauty! (EN)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An account of the feast of St. Cecilia and how here body was discovered in 1599, with Stephano Maderno making that famous sculpture of her. She is pat...

21-11-23 The royal treatment (GJ)

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

21-11-23 The royal treatment (GJ) Meditation to spark your prayer

20-11-23 That We May See (NS)

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus is asking us today the same question He asked the blind man in today's Gospel: “What do you want Me to do for you?” We like the blind man in...

19-11-23 Just do it! (FD)

18 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mt 25: 14-30 “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; ...

18-11-23 Why persevere in prayer (RS)

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

18-11-23 Why persevere in prayer (RS) Meditation to spark your prayer

17-11-23 Question the Beauty! (DO)

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We can meet Jesus and savour his presence in creation

16-11-23 There all along (MRS)

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of God as being 'among you' in today's Gospel. In our prayer today we reflect on the fact that all the grace we need to fo...

15-11-23 Turn back and say thanks (KD)

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lk 17:11-19 Finding himself cured, one of them turned back, praising God at a top of his voice; and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus and thanked ...

14-11-23 Servants not princes (JE)

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

God does reward us in so many ways, above all by making us his children, but today’s gospel reminds us of our duty to serve, without expecting rewar...

12-11-23 Jesus Has Something in Mind For Me (JFK)

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Seemingly every parable deals with the challenge of time: we only have so much of it, and Jesus wants us to use it wisely. How are we carrying this pr...

13-11-23 You discern my thoughts from afar (JG)

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus clearly distinguishes between temptation and sin. In a way, temptations shouldn't bother us since they are allowed by God for our spiritual gro...

11-11-23 St. Paul's Long Goodbye (MC)

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

St. Paul spends a long time greeting people by name at the end of the letter to the Romans which is a sign of the heart that we should each have in af...

10-11-23 Humble but Great (MM)

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

10-11-23 Humble but Great (MM) Humbleness is a virtue

09-11-23 My own Church (AB)

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The feast of the Lateran Basilica helps us to connect to our roots and also to the churches that have been important to us along the way. The purifica...

08-11-23 Don't Start Fights If You Can't Finish Them (JWB)

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Luke 14:25–33. Jesus gives conditions without which it is impossible to be his disciple. Without them, we won't be able to cross the finish line and...

07-11-23 The eternal banquet (JPM)

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lk 14:15 “One of those at table with Jesus said to him, "Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God."” In Scripture, there are many r...

06-11-23 Rectitude of Intention (EN)

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Luke 14, 12-14: When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay your courtesy ...

05-11-23 Vanity of vanities (GJ)

04 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

All of us are afflicted by vanity. The solution to vanity is to be able to laugh at ourselves, and only care about the approval of God, and of no othe...

04-11-23 Be Encouraged, Christ is Our Hope! (NS)

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Looking around us it is easy to get discouraged, it seems as if the temptation to despair grows with each passing day. Thanks be to God, Our Father, w...

03-11-23 Mercy! (FD)

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Not only does the Gospel reveal to us the mercy of God: it also enjoins upon us to be merciful on our part. The merciful are above all pleasing to ...

02-11-23 Death be not proud (RS)

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our culture hides death and hides from death, our Church faces death and prays for the dead because of our hope in Christ.

01-11-23 Portrait of all portraits (DO)

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Beatitudes are the portrait of Christ and also the portrait of every saint. They sketch the portrait of true happiness since holiness is the way o...

31-11-23 Hidden like Jesus (MRS)

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus speaks about a mustard seen 'thrown' and some yeast that was 'mixed'. Both descriptions reveal the hiddenness of Jesus's mission, and how we're ...

30-10-23 Excuses? (PA)

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many times we finds excuses to not do what is right. That's hypocrisy

29-10-23 What Jesus DIDN'T say (JE)

28 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As Christians we can take for granted the fact that love is fundamental to our faith. When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment, he could...

28-10-23 Simon, Jude, Ringo, and You (JG)

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

St. Simon and St. Jude were among the twelve apostles of Jesus. Yet, compared to other apostles, they were relatively "minor figures." Great members...

27-10-23 What We Can Predict (JFK)

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As human beings we are pretty smart at predicting certain things, but tend to be foolish (and hypocritical) about other things that really matter. Jes...

25-10-23 Says the Lord to his steward (MM)

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

25-10-23 Says the Lord to his steward (MM) 25-10-23 Says the Lord to his steward (MM)

26-10-23 Spreading the Fire (MC)

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus has come to cast fire upon the earth and at first this may be difficult and painful for our sinfulness to be burned away but over time we can re...

24-10-23 Good servants of a better Master (AB)

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reflecting on the service that Jesus calls us to we see his mercy and love for us is far greater than anything we can do for him.

23-10-23 Of Selfishness and Anxiety (JWB)

22 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Luke 12:13–34. Excessive worry about the future is incompatible with trust in God's fatherly providence. It also makes us selfish and anxious. Bette...

22-10-23 God Should amaze you (JPM)

21 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mt 22:15-21 - Jesus is tested by the Pharisees regarding paying the census tax to Caesar or not. We read that they are amazed at his answer. Let us fo...

21-10-23 The Unpardonable sin (EN)

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From Luke 12, 8-12: Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiv...

20-10-23 Sincerity cures! (GJ)

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With Original Sin we became experts at deception and covering up. Jesus teaches us to recover lost innocence by learning to uncover ourselves to him.

19-10-23 The Spirit of the Law and of the Martyrs (NS)

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In today's readings and with the celebration of today's feast of the North American Martyrs, we are called to see the divine law and the precepts of t...

18-10-23 Fruitful Faithfulness (FD)

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lk 10: 1-9 “The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”

17-10-23 Matters of the Heart (DO)

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We can all tend to inner complication in our relationship with God. This should not discourage us in any way but rather provides many opportunities to...

16-10-23 Roads signs (MRS)

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

‘Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites’ - we too are called to ‘become signs’ to the world we live in. Let's pray about how to be faithful in t...

15-10-23 Boarding pass, please (KD)

14 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mt 22:1-14 Everyone is invited to the wedding banquet. Do we have a wedding garment? Do we have sanctifying grace? It’s like a boarding pass to get ...

14-10-23 You can do it! (PA)

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

14-10-23 You can do it! (PA): - Mary, our model - Listen - Excuses?

13-10-23 Jesus the stronger Man (JE)

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus describes himself as the strong man who is able to overcome the devil. Satan thinks and claims he has the world under his control, but this is o...

12-10-23 Ask and receive (JG)

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

231012 Ask and Receive (JG) "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened to you." With these words Jesus gua...

11-10-23 Inching Closer to the Father (JFK)

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer par excellence, which we have learned directly from the Lord’s lips. Going deeper into this prayer will help disce...

10-10-23 Not eating and running (MC)

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We can consider the story of Martha and Mary from the standpoint of what we do after receiving Our Lord in Holy Communion. We may want to get right to...

09-10-2023 On the Road to Jericho (MM)

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

08-10-23 Great expectations (AB)

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The parable of the landowner and the tenants helps us to reflect on our expectations, how frustrating it is when they are unfulfilled and God’s pati...

07-10-23 An evening get-together with Mary and St. John (JWB)

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Praying the rosary is contemplating the life and face of Jesus through the eyes and heart of Mary, who kept all these things, pondering them in her he...

06-10-2023 As a Friend Speaks to a Friend (JPM)

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

05-10-23 Son of Encouragement (EN)

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Luke 10:1-12: "The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit." D...

04-10-23 Radical Poverty (GJ)

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

St Francis is a great example to us of the need to be more detached from too many creature comforts, something which frees us to appreciate the simple...

03-10-2023 Jesus is Always With Us (NS)

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach t...

02-10-23 95th Anniversary (FD)

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this day in 1928, St. Josemaria was shown Opus Dei.

01-10-23 Beautiful Scars (GB)

30 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A father had two children. He asked the first one to go to work in the vineyard but he said "No" and to the second one and he did say "Yes" but didn't...

30-09-23 True Success (DO)

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus is emphatic that true success is not when all seems to go well but when we share in His death and Resurrection.

29-09-23 Protection of the Angels (MRS)

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

St Josemaria thought it important to link together our formation as Christians, with the protection offered to us by the angels. We pray about why!

28-09-23 Is that true (PA)

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

28-09-23 Is that true (PA) 28-09-23 Is that true (PA)

27-09-23 Working like clockwork (JE)

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unity is absolutely essential in the work of evangelization, otherwise we can be like a broken clock which, for all its fine parts, does not work. If ...

26-09-23 Easy Access (JG)

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike Jesus's contemporaries, even his Mother, who had to fight through crowds to be near him, we have easy access to Jesus. Thanks to the Eucharist...

25-09-23 Let It Shine! (JFK)

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Light that is not illuminating anything is a lost opportunity. Or simply a waste. We should find ways to assure that our light does not go out. Jesus ...