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

For a sense of hope in the future.
Marists at MAPAC, Manilla.

For a sense of hope in the future.
Marists at MAPAC, Manilla.

Today's Gospel

Is it against the law on the sabbath day to save life?

Mark 3:1-6
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Mark 3:1-6

Jesus went into a synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the sabbath day, hoping for something to use against him. He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Stand up out in the middle!’ Then he said to them, ‘Is it against the law on the sabbath day to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?’ But they said nothing. Then, grieved to find them so obstinate, he looked angrily round at them, and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out and his hand was better. The Pharisees went out and at once began to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how to destroy him.

Breaking Open The Word

Love Is the Point

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

Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil?

Jesus made it clear that he did not come to abolish the laws of the Torah, “but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). The life and teachings of Jesus, then, embody all that these laws were intended to be. Jesus is what the living, breathing will of God looks like. This includes compassion for the poor, esteem for women, healing for the sick, and solidarity with the suffering. It means breaking bread with outcasts and embracing little children. It means choosing forgiveness over retribution, the cross over revenge, and cooking breakfast for the friend who betrayed you. . . .

When Jesus was challenged by the experts on the Law to give an answer for what Scripture is all about, he offered a very straightforward, very Jewish response. Quoting Deuteronomy 6 and Leviticus 19, he replied, ‘ “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:37-40).

This is the point of every liberation, every wandering through the desert. . . . To love is to honor God and keep God’s commandments. . . . Love is the ultimate deliverance story, for only love can sustain the sojourner.

Rachel Held Evans, Inspired

Rachel Held Evans (d. 2019) was a best-selling author who wrote about faith, doubt, and life in the Bible Belt. Her books include Faith Unraveled, Searching for Sunday, and Wholehearted Faith.

For a sense of hope in the future.
Marists at MAPAC, Manilla.

Marist Source

We are evangelisers of the world living in the midst of the world. Like salt in food we show the depth that is hidden in daily life and immersed in it, we give witness to the three dimensions of Christ’s mission: to consecrate the world to God, to be prophets of a different future and to be at the service of others.

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For a sense of hope in the future.
Marists at MAPAC, Manilla.

To Ponder

'Jesus went into a synagogue....'- just in case you had any doubts about God's part in the relationship.

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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