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 all the elderly Brothers of the Province

For all the elderly Brothers of the Province

Today's Gospel

The house built on rock and the house built on sand.

Matthew 7:21-29
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Matthew 7:21-29

Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

No Quick Fixes

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

Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with this parable of the Two Builders. The comparison he makes between the successful building on rock and the disastrous building on sand would have been very familiar to his listeners. Much of Israel’s topography has areas of sandstone, basalt, chalky rock, and limestone. As a carpenter, Jesus and his audience, through either successful or bitter experience, know the importance of a house’s foundations. To dig deeply down to rock level ensures that the house will withstand storms and calamities. Jesus’ words pound the ears of his listeners with the staccato force of rain, floods, and gales.
To build on the words of Jesus is to be founded on him. But it takes strong and deep action and mature reflection to raise such discipleship. The temptation is always there . . . to shallow digging, to satisfaction with the sandy rather than the rock level, and to the quick fixing of the foundations. This might seem adequate in the Palestinian dry season, but when the rains and storms inevitably come, the house will fall.
The houses of both the wise and the foolish builder were buffeted by storms. Jesus’ disciples are not exempt from calamities: from the human, physical pain of illness and accidents; from personal disillusionment with others and with oneself; from social and ecclesial injustice; from failures in ministry and misunderstandings of authority. But being built on the foundation of Jesus, and continually sinking one’s life deeply into his Word, will enable the disciple who is a wise builder to stand firm and withstand the turbulence. This is much more than just propping up the individual disciple or the community of disciples, and it might make us reflect on what is being propped up in our own lives or in the church at the present time . . . and enable us to ask how wise it is to do that according to the wisdom of Jesus the teacher.

Sr. Verna Holyhead, Welcoming the Word in Year A
Verna A. Holyhead, SGS (d. 2011), was an Australian Sister of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict.

For all the elderly Brothers of the Province

Marist Source

Spirituality is living in and from God. Spirituality is like the sap of the tree. It is not visible, but it sustains, enables growth and gives fruit…

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For all the elderly Brothers of the Province

To Ponder

"Jesus’ disciples are not exempt from calamities ..but being built on the foundation of Jesus..wise builder to stand firm and withstand the turbulence".

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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