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
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  • Call to Action
  • Closing Prayer

Intention of the Day

Marist Community, Vatuwaqa, Fiji

Marist Community, Vatuwaqa, Fiji

Today's Gospel

And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Luke 1:39-56
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Luke 1:39-56

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
And Mary said: / “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; / my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, / for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. / From this day all generations will call me blessed: / the Almighty has done great things for me, / and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him / in every generation. / He has shown the strength of his arm, / he has scattered the proud in their conceit. / He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, / and has lifted up the lowly. / He has filled the hungry with good things, / and the rich he has sent away empty. / He has come to the help of his servant Israel / for he has remembered his promise of mercy, / the promise he made to our fathers, / to Abraham and his children for ever.”
Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Fulfilling a Promise

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

When God makes promises in Scripture, usually they don’t come with a tight timeline. Sure, the angelic visitors give an “estimated time of arrival” when they tell Abraham that his wife will have a child by this time next year. But a more typical scenario is the people of Israel wandering in the desert for forty years before getting to the Promised Land. They wait generation upon generation for the coming of the Messiah. And yet, every now and again, we are given the word that God’s time is finally here. God’s time is now. With the somersault of baby John the Baptist in the womb of Elizabeth, we are given notice: finally, the Messiah has come into our world, even if we can’t see him yet.
It takes a lot of faith to wait on God. God makes promises of mercy, promises of goodness, promises of love, but some times we have to wait a long time to see their fulfillment. I marvel at societies that can think in terms of waiting generations for God’s vindication, when I can hardly wait a few days, weeks, months, or a year. It can be difficult not to lose hope when faced with disappointment and hardship that just seem to go on.
Nonetheless, we are asked to be patient and to trust in the mercy of God. Even if evil and darkness have their sway today, God is trustworthy. Christ is coming again, and if we pay attention, the first hints of the fulfillment of his promises invite us to rejoice.

Sr. Jeana Visel

Jeana Visel, OSB, is a Benedictine sister of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana. She works at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology and is author of Icons in the Western Church.

Marist Community, Vatuwaqa, Fiji

Marist Source

With Mary we learn how to express God’s love in all the
relationships of our personal and communal living, since from her we learn
how other people are to be loved, and we, in turn, become living signs of
the Father’s tenderness.

WFTR p. 59

Marist Community, Vatuwaqa, Fiji

To Ponder

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.

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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