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10 Minutes with Jesus
10-minute audios to help you pray. Daily sparks to ignite prayer: a passage from the gospel, an idea, an anecdote and a priest who speaks with you and with the Lord inviting you to share your intimacy with God. Find your moment, consider you’re in his presence, and click play. All information on our website: www.10minuteswithjesus.org
Episodes
- 10 Minutes with Jesus
18-11-23 Why persevere in prayer (RS)
18-11-23 Why persevere in prayer (RS) Meditation to spark your prayer
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17-11-23 Question the Beauty! (DO)
We can meet Jesus and savour his presence in creation
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16-11-23 There all along (MRS)
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 follow…
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15-11-23 Turn back and say thanks (KD)
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 him…
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14-11-23 Servants not princes (JE)
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 reward. We…
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12-11-23 Jesus Has Something in Mind For Me (JFK)
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 precious…
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13-11-23 You discern my thoughts from afar (JG)
Jesus clearly distinguishes between temptation and sin. In a way, temptations shouldn't bother us since they are allowed by God for our spiritual growth. Psalm…
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11-11-23 St. Paul’s Long Goodbye (MC)
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 affection…
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10-11-23 Humble but Great (MM)
10-11-23 Humble but Great (MM) Humbleness is a virtue
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09-11-23 My own Church (AB)
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 purification of…
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08-11-23 Don't Start Fights If You Can't Finish Them (JWB)
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 make it to…
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07-11-23 The eternal banquet (JPM)
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 references to…
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06-11-23 Rectitude of Intention (EN)
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 by…
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05-11-23 Vanity of vanities (GJ)
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 other…
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04-11-23 Be Encouraged, Christ is Our Hope! (NS)
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, who knows…
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03-11-23 Mercy! (FD)
“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 God; in…
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02-11-23 Death be not proud (RS)
Our culture hides death and hides from death, our Church faces death and prays for the dead because of our hope in Christ.
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01-11-23 Portrait of all portraits (DO)
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 of peace
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31-11-23 Hidden like Jesus (MRS)
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 now…
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30-10-23 Excuses? (PA)
Many times we finds excuses to not do what is right. That's hypocrisy
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29-10-23 What Jesus DIDN'T say (JE)
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 have…
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28-10-23 Simon, Jude, Ringo, and You (JG)
St. Simon and St. Jude were among the twelve apostles of Jesus. Yet, compared to other apostles, they were relatively "minor figures." Great members of a great…
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27-10-23 What We Can Predict (JFK)
As human beings we are pretty smart at predicting certain things, but tend to be foolish (and hypocritical) about other things that really matter. Jesus is…
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25-10-23 Says the Lord to his steward (MM)
25-10-23 Says the Lord to his steward (MM) 25-10-23 Says the Lord to his steward (MM)
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26-10-23 Spreading the Fire (MC)
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 really…
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24-10-23 Good servants of a better Master (AB)
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.
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23-10-23 Of Selfishness and Anxiety (JWB)
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. Better learn…
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22-10-23 God Should amaze you (JPM)
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 foster this…
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21-10-23 The Unpardonable sin (EN)
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 forgiven."…
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20-10-23 Sincerity cures! (GJ)
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.
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19-10-23 The Spirit of the Law and of the Martyrs (NS)
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 the Church…
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18-10-23 Fruitful Faithfulness (FD)
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.”
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17-10-23 Matters of the Heart (DO)
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 set our…
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16-10-23 Roads signs (MRS)
‘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 that mission.
10 Minutes with Jesus15-10-23 Boarding pass, please (KD)
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 on the…
10 Minutes with Jesus14-10-23 You can do it! (PA)
14-10-23 You can do it! (PA): - Mary, our model - Listen - Excuses?
10 Minutes with Jesus13-10-23 Jesus the stronger Man (JE)
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 one of his…
10 Minutes with Jesus12-10-23 Ask and receive (JG)
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 guarantees…
10 Minutes with Jesus11-10-23 Inching Closer to the Father (JFK)
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 discern our…
10 Minutes with Jesus10-10-23 Not eating and running (MC)
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 work but…
10 Minutes with Jesus09-10-2023 On the Road to Jericho (MM)
On the Road to Jericho. We are invited to go more deeply into the commandment to "love your neighbor as yourself". It is not an easy task, as others are, in…
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08-10-23 Great expectations (AB)
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 patience in…
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07-10-23 An evening get-together with Mary and St. John (JWB)
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 heart. Some…
10 Minutes with Jesus06-10-2023 As a Friend Speaks to a Friend (JPM)
#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach the end. **…
10 Minutes with Jesus05-10-23 Son of Encouragement (EN)
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." Doing…
10 Minutes with Jesus04-10-23 Radical Poverty (GJ)
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 simpler things…
10 Minutes with Jesus03-10-2023 Jesus is Always With Us (NS)
#10MinuteswithJesus ** Put yourself in the presence of God. Try talking to Him. ** 10 minutes are 10 minutes. Even if you can get distracted, reach the end. **…
10 Minutes with Jesus02-10-23 95th Anniversary (FD)
On this day in 1928, St. Josemaria was shown Opus Dei.
10 Minutes with Jesus01-10-23 Beautiful Scars (GB)
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 go. The…
10 Minutes with Jesus30-09-23 True Success (DO)
Jesus is emphatic that true success is not when all seems to go well but when we share in His death and Resurrection.
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29-09-23 Protection of the Angels (MRS)
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!
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28-09-23 Is that true (PA)
28-09-23 Is that true (PA) 28-09-23 Is that true (PA)
10 Minutes with Jesus27-09-23 Working like clockwork (JE)
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 we don't…
10 Minutes with Jesus26-09-23 Easy Access (JG)
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 and to…
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25-09-23 Let It Shine! (JFK)
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 needs us…
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24-09-23 11th Hour Graces (MC)
Jesus invites us to stay faithful and never resign in our spiritual struggle. He can work great things at any time, and calls us tk wait with hope and optimism…
10 Minutes with Jesus23-09-23 So What Sow Much (MM)
So What Sow Much Jesus explains the key to the parables. A heart that is open to grace will understand the parable on many of the levels that are available to…
10 Minutes with Jesus22-09-23 All thanks to the women (AB)
We give thanks for the witness of women disciples who help the whole church to give to the Lord because of their joy and suffering
10 Minutes with Jesus21-09-23 Two words that changed everything (JWB)
Mt 9:9–13 (Lk 5:27–32) At just two words from Jesus, Matthew—a tax collector, possibly even a fair and merciful one—left everything and followed Jesus. Then he…
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20-09-23 Jesus associates with sinners (JPM)
Lk 7: 31-35 Jesus came to associate with sinners and this scandalized the pharisees. Let us strive to imitate Jesus' merciful heart in how we judge and…