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 young people discerning their vocation in life.
The Brothers' Community, Melbourne, VIC.

For young people discerning their vocation in life.
The Brothers' Community, Melbourne, VIC.

Today's Gospel 5th Sunday of Easter.

It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit and be my disciples.

John 15: 8.
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John 15: 1-8

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2 Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.

3 You are clean already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.

6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a branch -- and withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire and are burnt.

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for whatever you please and you will get it.

8 It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit and be my disciples.

Breaking Open The Word

We are to love not just in theory but in practice, “in deed and truth.”

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

Walk the Talk.

As Christians, we know we are called to love one another. This is something Jesus mentions throughout the Gospels. Too often, however, we consider it sufficient to merely love with our words, to love in an abstract and general way, or “in speech” only. This exhortation to love as Christ has loved us calls out our inadvertent shifts from the self-sacrificing love that demands something of us to an easy love that remains superficial and secure. We are to love not just in theory but in practice, “in deed and truth.” Think of it as a Christian variation on the old line about it being one thing to “talk the talk” and another thing to “walk the walk.”

As we see in the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul comes to learn this the hard way. When he arrives in Jerusalem and seeks out the disciples of Jesus, nobody believes him at first. He claims to be a Christian, he says as much with his words, but his legacy of persecuting Christians—his previous actions— suggest something else to his hearers, which is why they were afraid of him. Just as St. Paul demonstrated contempt with his earlier actions, so now he must earn the trust of the Jerusalem Christians with actions demonstrating love. It is not enough to “talk the talk” of discipleship, but we must “walk the walk” as the earlier followers of Christ did before us.

Fr. Daniel P. Horan. Taken from give Us This Day.

Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, is a Franciscan friar, the author of several books, and assistant professor of systematic theology at the Catholic Theological Union (Chicago).

For young people discerning their vocation in life.
The Brothers' Community, Melbourne, VIC.

Marist Source

The welcome Mary gives to the Word of God reveals the quality of her person.

#WFR 53.

For young people discerning their vocation in life.
The Brothers' Community, Melbourne, VIC.

To Ponder

‘Bear much fruit and become my disciples.’ Since you are already with|in Christ go out and bear much fruit!

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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