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 God's life within transform us.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail.

That God's life within transform us.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail.

Today's Gospel Ascension of the Lord.

And he said to them, 'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation.

Mark 16: 15.
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Mark 16: 15-20.

15 And he said to them, 'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation.

16 Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.

17 These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of tongues;

18 they will pick up snakes in their hands and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.'

19 And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven; there at the right hand of God he took his place,

20 while they, going out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it.

Breaking Open The Word

Let’s stick together—we call it communion, don’t we?—and practice being the people of God united in one faith, one Lord, one baptism.

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

Come Together.

Let’s be Church, you and I. Never mind what others are saying or, after two thousand years, how hopeless it all seems. Let’s stick together—we call it communion, don’t we?—and practice being the people of God united in one faith, one Lord, one baptism. Anyone who agrees on that much can come along!

It doesn’t matter which of the last ten popes is your favorite. It doesn’t matter if you take communion in the hand or on the tongue. It doesn’t matter if you prefer to pray the rosary, the Jesus Prayer, or the collected poetry of Daniel Berrigan. I won’t make a face if you wear gym clothes to Mass instead of a suit and tie. Your stance on female deacons isn’t a deal-breaker.

Our unity can’t hang on political affiliation. It’s none of my business what you’ve done or failed to do. Are we the friends of Jesus or aren’t we? I grant you: Jesus had a pretty strange assortment of friends. If that’s okay with him, it has to be fine with us.

Does it make Jesus sad, I wonder, to see how divided we are? On the night before he dies, our unity is on his mind: that we might stick together, come what may. Jesus is right to worry about this. Today’s assembly is a minefield that wary homilists must tiptoe through. Would St. Paul dare to suggest today that, in Christ, there is no conservative or liberal? What is Church, if we don’t believe this?

Alice Camille. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Alice Camille is the co-author of The Forgiveness Book, and other titles at www.alicecamille.com.

That God's life within transform us.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail.

Marist Source

We inspire one another to deeper fidelity to the charism, discovering new insights into its spiritual richness and into its dynamic expression in ministry. The women among us, especially, bring a fresh perspective to Marcellin’s charism and reveal new facets of it charism for all of us today…

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That God's life within transform us.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail.

To Ponder

'Good News to all creation'- Laudato Si! We humans haven't been good news to creation of recent millennia! So let's begin again.

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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