--- title: Daily Gospel Reflection for August 12, 2022 description: Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Daily%20Gospel%202.png --- [![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/dgr-08122022#) [DAILY GOSPEL REFLECTIONS](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/tag/daily-gospel-reflections) # Daily Gospel Reflection for August 12, 2022 Aug 12, 2022 12:15:00 AM  |  by [Margaret Rose Realy, Obl. OSB](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/author/margaret-rose-realy-obl-osb) Receive Daily Gospel Reflections in your inbox ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Daily%20Gospel%202.png) *Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.* --- ***Today's Gospel: [Matthew 19:3-12](https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081222.cfm)*** Here Jesus talks of unions: marriages between men and women, single folks, and those divorced. We find ourselves living in one of those categories by choice or decree, and sometimes our unions — or lack of — are challenging. Jesus Himself offers consolation in verse 11, > “Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted.” And that is by being open to God’s grace. Discerning God’s will, which is always for our good, may be difficult to understand. My own divorce decades ago, was painful — my husband ran off with my brother’s wife. The resulting singleness allowed for new spiritual paths to open in ways previously stifled in that relationship. Initially being alone was a hard path to walk, but with spiritual direction, one that allowed a deepening faith. For me it was discovering a true calling to an eremitic life.   #### Ponder:   Looking at your own marital status. Name five blessings associated with being single, married, or divorced.   #### Pray: Dear Lord, I thank You for the gifts of marriage, for the gifts of singleness, for the gifts of all relationships that are a call to love.   --- > [Click to tweet: > Discerning God’s will, which is always for our good, may be difficult to understand. #dailygospel](https://ctt.ac/IZbt7) ![Daily Gospel 2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Daily%20Gospel%202.png?width=2135&name=Daily%20Gospel%202.png)   --- Copyright 2022 Margaret Rose Realy, Obl. 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OSB](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Margaret%20Rose%20Realy%202022.jpg) ### [Margaret Rose Realy, Obl. OSB](https://www.catholicmom.com/daily-gospel/author/margaret-rose-realy-obl-osb) Margaret Rose Realy, Obl. OSB lives an eremitic life and authored [A Garden Catechism](https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Catechism-Plants-Christian-Tradition/dp/1681925567), [A Catholic Gardener’s Spiritual Almanac](http://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Gardeners-Spiritual-Almanac-Cultivating/dp/1594714843/linkCode=as2%26tag=patheoscom04-20),  [A Garden of Visible Prayer: Creating a Personal Sacred Space One Step at a Time](http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Visible-Prayer-Creating-Personal/dp/1939221234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425010682&sr=1-1&keywords=9781939221230), and  [Cultivating God’s Garden through Lent](http://www.amazon.com/Cultivating-Gods-Garden-through-Lent/dp/1939221099/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359826349&sr=8-1&keywords=cultivating+gods+garden+through+lent). 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