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 our community leaders and local superiors
Marists at The John Berne School, Lewisham, NSW

For our community leaders and local superiors
Marists at The John Berne School, Lewisham, NSW

Today's Gospel Third Sunday of Lent

Destroy this sanctuary and in three days I will raise it up

John 2:13-25
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John 2:13-25

Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market.’ Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us to justify what you have done?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said.
During his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to many.

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

Suffering sometimes seems unbearable. For Christians, the
cross can make us very uncomfortable; it makes the temptation
to “hide from suffering” more difficult. The cross reminds
us that suffering is. It happens. It is part of life, and
there is no getting around it. The only true spiritual path is
the one that passes through suffering. By looking at the cross
(sometimes it feels more like the cross is staring into us), we
are given the courage to face our suffering and the suffering
of others. . . .
Many years ago, one of my Dominican brothers, Fr. Jim
Campbell, OP, was sitting in a Zen-Christian meditation hall
in Japan, trying to [meditate] while suffering from excruciating
back pain, for which he ultimately underwent surgery.
Feeling he could go on no longer, he was about to abandon
the practice when he glanced up and saw a small wooden
cross on the wall. He said years later, “It all made sense—the
cross, the pain, the promise of liberation. I knew then why I
was a Christian.”
. . . [F]or many Christians down through the centuries,
the cross has served as a kind of gentle mirror that helps us
to see our sufferings and to touch them—not in a way that
overwhelms us and leaves us feeling abandoned—but a seeing
and touching that happen in and through and with our
teacher, Jesus. By “watching him” embrace his suffering with
patience and love, we see the path by which we too can journey
forward.

Fr. Brian J. Pierce

Brian J. Pierce, OP, ministered for many years as Promoter of the
Dominican Family in Latin America and the Caribbean.

For our community leaders and local superiors
Marists at The John Berne School, Lewisham, NSW

Marist Source

Our spirituality helps us on our Marist way to God, to relationships and mission.

#WFR 19.

For our community leaders and local superiors
Marists at The John Berne School, Lewisham, NSW

To Ponder

For what have you been grateful for this week?

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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