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 men across the region in initial formation as Brothers

For young men across the region in initial formation as Brothers

Today's Gospel Feast of John the Baptist

By their fruits you will know them.

Matthew 7:15-20
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Matthew 7:15-20

Jesus said to his disciples: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. So by their fruits you will know them.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Love Bears Fruit

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

O love, you stand at the right hand of the king, filling all things with your sweetness. You rule everything with your laws, you teach everything with your doctrine, you beautify everything with your glory. How sweet, how strong, how radiant, how glorious you are in that kingdom of your glory! In that kingdom of yours, you have imposed silence on all tongues, so that you alone may speak. You have annulled all laws and commandments, so that you alone are the eternal law, the new commandment, the new covenant. You have folded up all books, so that you alone hold the teacher’s chair. You have taken away all prophets, so that you alone are to be questioned about the mysteries of God. You have destroyed all learning, so that for everything, you alone have the answer.

John of Forde, Sermon on the Song of Songs
John of Forde (d. 1214) served as abbot of his Cistercian monastery in England. He composed 120 sermons on the Song of Songs, completing a work begun by Bernard of Clairvaux and continued by Gilbert of Hoyland.

For young men across the region in initial formation as Brothers

Marist Source

In his humble way, Marcellin saw God at work, and so acted
with courage and commitment. He used to say, ‘Let us not offend God, asking
him very little. The bigger our demand, the more we will be pleasing to God.’

Water from the Rock #17

For young men across the region in initial formation as Brothers

To Ponder

‘Let us not offend God, asking
him very little. The bigger our demand, the more we will be pleasing to God.’

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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