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, like Mary, we put our trust in God.

The Brothers' Community and Marists, Eastwood, NSW.

That, like Mary, we put our trust in God.

The Brothers' Community and Marists, Eastwood, NSW.

Today's Gospel

Jesus stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish

John 21:1-14
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John 21:1-14

Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said, ‘I’m going fishing.’ They replied, ‘We’ll come with you.’ They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, ‘Have you caught anything, friends?’ And when they answered, ‘No’, he said, ‘Throw the net out to starboard and you’ll find something.’ So they dropped the net, and there were so many fish that they could not haul it in. The disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ At these words ‘It is the Lord’, Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net and the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, ‘Who are you?’; they knew quite well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.

Breaking Open The Word

Come, Have Breakfast

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

It had been a startling week. Since the brutal death of Jesus, these disciples had had their world rocked. What to do when
everything else was shaken? Do something you think you know how to do . . . go fishing. But there was little reward out on those waters. Until something happened.

Was this a replay of Jesus calling Peter years before when he’d had a bad night out on the sea? That time, Jesus, a carpenter who supposedly knew nothing about fishing, amazingly filled the nets with fish. Peter dropped down in humility before this new Master and followed him. Now after trauma had ripped through them, did Jesus use that event to remind them of their initial calls?
Perhaps Jesus chuckled, “Remember this, guys?” I think it may have amused him to shake them up and rattle them to their cores again. And he made them breakfast? Nothing like a breakfast beside the lake. They were stunned, silenced, and maybe amused themselves. You never knew what would happen with Jesus.

This relationship with Jesus motivated Peter to proclaim months later that Jesus is the cornerstone of faith, the keystone which stabilized the entire frame of belief.

Today, we are still in the Octave of Easter. In a time of heightened gratitude for the dying and rising of Jesus, we too can breakfast with him in new awareness. So, pause around the fire of that realization and soak in his Presence. It is a time for wonder and connection with One who anchors all of us and feeds us with himself.

Nicki Verploegen, PhD, is cofounder of TATENDA International, a nonprofit that cares for caregivers in troubled areas around the world through retreats and pastoral visits. She is author of Organic Spirituality: A Sixfold Path of Contemplative Living.

That, like Mary, we put our trust in God.

The Brothers' Community and Marists, Eastwood, NSW.

Marist Source

God has gifted everyone with the ability to create and wants us to bring His creation to fruition. Looked at in this way, the world presents itself to us as a space to exercise our freedom where nothing exists in its final form…

#EMY 65

That, like Mary, we put our trust in God.

The Brothers' Community and Marists, Eastwood, NSW.

To Ponder

'Jesus took the bread and gave it to them'.

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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