Marist Association Daily Prayer

Let us always remember that

we are in the holy presence of God

May God continue to live in our hearts

In the name of the Father,

Son and Holy Spirit

Amen

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  • Intention of the Day
  • Today's Gospel
  • Breaking Open the Word
  • Marist Source
  • Reflection
  • Meditation
  • Call to Action
  • Closing Prayer

Intention of the Day

That we may model ourselves on Mary in Scripture.

All Marists involved in ministry at Aquinas College, Adelaide.

That we may model ourselves on Mary in Scripture.

All Marists involved in ministry at Aquinas College, Adelaide.

Today's Gospel

The shepherds hurried to Bethlehem and found the baby lying in the manger

Luke 2:16
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Luke 2:16-21

The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds had to say. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; it was exactly as they had been told.

When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception.

Breaking Open The Word

Amazing Faces

Taken from: Give Us This Day
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Taken from: Give Us This Day

Today’s feast celebrates an impossibility. How could a human being give birth to God? This feast proclaims God’s unutterable closeness, expressed in life-giving paradox. Aaron is told to bless Israel, saying: “The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! / The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace!” But God tells Moses: “You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live” (Exod 33:20). Israel longs for what could seemingly destroy her.

But in Jesus, God’s face at last becomes visible. Mary’s motherhood is not merely a biological fact. Her smiles brought to light the radiant smile for which Israel had longed. Among the first to see that face were the shepherds, people who were “faceless” and of no account.
Friends of mine adopted a Vietnamese baby, Ben, orphaned by the war. He never smiled, for no one had ever smiled at him before. One day, as we prepared for Mass, he amazed us with his first smile, the fruit of the love of his adoptive parents.

God has smiled on us. We did not die, but he did, that joy might be eternal. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones sang: “You don’t want to walk and talk about Jesus / You just want to see his face.” Every Christian has the maternal task of bringing the divine life-giving smile to birth in others, especially on the faces of those who are despised or unnoticed.

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe

Timothy Radcliffe, OP, is former Master General of the Order of Preachers and author of Stations of the Cross (with art by Martin Erspamer, OSB) as well as Alive in God: A Christian Imagination

That we may model ourselves on Mary in Scripture.

All Marists involved in ministry at Aquinas College, Adelaide.

Marist Source

In living our spirituality we find our thirst quenched at the streams of 'living water'.

WFR # 14

That we may model ourselves on Mary in Scripture.

All Marists involved in ministry at Aquinas College, Adelaide.

To Ponder

'As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart'- a great start to any day: stand in wonder, be grateful, stay awake and listen.

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Closing Prayer

All Loving God

Cultivate in us a spirituality that flows out of Marian simplicity, humility and modesty.

Release in us wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement for your work in which we share.

Help us set our gaze on those people and places most in need of Christlife,

Impel us to respond together,

And lead us to be in communion with one another, and with you.

Like Mary, we listen for your invitation,

Like Mary, we set out joyfully and in haste to the hill country of the lives of young people,

Like Mary, we build communities in ways that are Christ-centred.

All Loving God, come and live in our hearts.

 

 Amen