• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Jared Dees

Author. Speaker. Teacher.

  • About
    • Now
    • Projects
    • Speaking
    • Contact
  • Books
    • Beatitales
    • Tales of the Ten Commandments
    • Take and Eat
    • Do Not Be Afraid
    • Pray without Ceasing
    • Prepare the Way
    • Advent with the Angels
    • Take Up Your Cross
    • 15-Minute Stations of the Cross for Kids
  • Articles
  • Worksheets
  • Children’s Stories
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter

Lectio Divina Meditations

Gospel Meditation: Fourth Sunday of Advent

By Jared Dees

The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) Let the following questions to guide you through a process of Lectio Divina: LECTIO (Reading): What does this passage say that everyone should understand? Why does Mary initially doubt the message of the angel? How can Mary bear the Son of God if she has had no relations with a man?…

Read More

December 18, 2017 Filed Under: Lectio Divina Meditations

Gospel Meditation: Third Sunday of Advent

By Jared Dees

The Testimony of John the Baptist (John 1:6-8, 19-28) Let the following questions to guide you through a process of Lectio Divina: LECTIO (Reading): What does this passage say that everyone should understand? In what ways is Jesus like light? What is it about John the Baptist that might have caused someone to think he…

Read More

December 11, 2017 Filed Under: Lectio Divina Meditations

Gospel Meditation: Second Sunday of Advent

By Jared Dees

The Preaching of John the Baptist (Mark 1:1-8) Let the following questions to guide you through a process of Lectio Divina: LECTIO (Reading): What does this passage say that everyone should understand? What was John the Baptist’s goal? What was it about John the Baptist that must have made him so popular throughout Judea and…

Read More

December 4, 2017 Filed Under: Lectio Divina Meditations

How to Get to Heaven

By Jared Dees

Usually, I don’t follow my own advice. I have made worksheets for teachers and catechists to use with the daily Gospel readings for almost a year now. Every week I post new worksheets for members of The Religion Teacher, but I can’t think of one time that I actually completed the worksheet myself. The worksheets…

Read More

October 5, 2015 Filed Under: Lectio Divina Meditations, Prayer

Lectio Divina Meditation: The Mission of the 72

By Jared Dees

Shake the Dust from Your Feet

In preparation for this Sunday’s Liturgy, the fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, take some time to integrate this week’s Gospel reading (Luke 10:1-12, 17-20) into your life with this lectio divina meditation about the Mission and Return of the Seventy-two. Follow this four step lectio divina process, taken from Pope Benedict XVI’s Verbum Domini, in your meditation on…

Read More

July 5, 2013 Filed Under: Evangelizing Ministry, Lectio Divina Meditations, On Spirituality

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Jared Dees

Author, Speaker, Teacher

📬 Tools to Teach Faith 📬

I send many weekly email newsletters every week with tools to pass on faith:

👨‍🏫 The Religion Teacher’s Sunday Planner 👨‍🏫

Lessons, activities, videos, and worksheets for religious educators.

Get teaching resources here >

📖 God’s Word Wednesday 📖

Bible stories for kids.

Get Bible stories for kids here >

🏰 Formative Fiction Friday 🏰

Short stories to help kids find confidence, character, and a relationship with Christ.

Get stories for kids here >

Jared’s Newest Books

  
    
 
 
   
 
 

Jared’s Popular Website for Religious Educators

Search the Site:

Footer

Connect with Jared Dees

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

Stories for Children

Copyright © 2023 · Jared Dees