--- title: Daily Gospel Reflection for May 4, 2021 description: Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/DGR-daily-1024x512.jpg --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/daily-gospel-reflection-for-may-4-2021#) [DAILY GOSPEL REFLECTIONS](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/tag/daily-gospel-reflections) # Daily Gospel Reflection for May 4, 2021 May 4, 2021 12:15:00 AM  |  by [Hillary Ibarra](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/author/hillary-ibarra) Receive Daily Gospel Reflections in your inbox ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/DGR-daily-1024x512.jpg) *Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.* ***Today's Gospel: [John 14:27-31a](https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050421.cfm)*** World peace is different from the peace of the Gospel. World peace requires security, stability, safety, and the absence of all struggle and any threat. It requires equality for all peoples. The peace of the Gospel requires only the immovable presence of Christ in every situation. Everything in life is better with Jesus. We as Catholics often make a morning offering to Jesus of the joys and sufferings we will experience throughout the day. In return we receive His peace, not as the world gives - not dependent on total security, devoid of the day’s trouble, but reliant on the serenity of Christ. When Jesus spoke about His peace to the disciples, it was on the night He would be betrayed, arrested, denied, and beaten. Yet He proclaimed peace, not fear and confusion. He spoke with joy about returning to His Father. Our Lord took the long view, as some might say, fully aware of the glorious victory and redemptive meaning in His Passion and Resurrection. His peace was in doing “just as the Father has commanded me”. Our peace can be found there, too. It is precisely because of our Lord’s Passion and Resurrection that our own suffering has meaning. We do not languish in misery; we unite our sorrow to Christ. This is a source of peace for Christians, understanding the redemptive and transformative power of struggle, suffering, and even what seems to be defeat in the eyes of the world. I read once of a priest who used links in a metal chain while he was being held prisoner to pray the Rosary daily. We can view our troubles in life as links in a chain of prayer, offering them up for the good of others and, yes, for the peace of our world.   #### Ponder: Where do I find my peace, in changing circumstances or in the constancy of Christ?   #### Pray: Lord, give us Your peace. 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She is the author of [The Christmas List](https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-List-Girl-Called-Hoodoo/dp/1728828732), based on the miracle of one childhood Christmas Eve, and is a freelance humor writer and copywriter. Jesus, her family, playing guitar, admiring trees, and baking bring her joy. ## Related Blog Articles [ Daily Gospel Reflection for January 20, 2021 Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/daily-gospel-reflection-for-january-20-2021) [ Daily Gospel Reflection for April 23, 2021 Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/daily-gospel-reflection-for-april-23-2021) [ Daily Gospel Reflection for June 24, 2021 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/daily-gospel-reflection-for-june-24-2021-nativity-of-st.-john-the-baptist) ## Comments ## Donate now [![Support Catholic Mom](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545) [![CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png?width=1806&height=731&name=CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png "CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) ##### Subscribe to Catholic Momcast on iTunes or Spotify [![itunes-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/itunes-logo-black.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-momcast/id1362352357)[![spotify-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/spotify-logo-black.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/show/15CoipHL7z61IDcYErV0b8?si=hqaQJSxDQgq7S1hxCwsoxQ) ##### CatholicMom on Social Networks [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) ##### About Catholic Mom [Who We Are](https://www.catholicmom.com/about-us) [Contact Us](https://www.catholicmom.com/contact) [Support CatholicMom.com](https://www.catholicmom.com/support-us)   ##### Associated Links [Holy Cross Family Ministries](https://www.hcfm.org/) [Family Rosary](https://www.familyrosary.org/) [Family Theater Productions](https://www.familytheater.org/) [Congregation of the Holy Cross](https://www.holycrossusa.org/) [Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.](https://www.fatherpeyton.org/) [The Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life](https://www.peytonfamilyinstitute.org/) ### **Stay connected!** Don’t miss a thing! 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