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

Community at Laumanasa House, Honiara, SI

Community at Laumanasa House, Honiara, SI

Today's Gospel

I have come to bring not peace, but the sword.

Matthew 10:34–11:1
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Matthew 10:34–11:1

Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set / a man against his father, / a daughter against her mother, / and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; / and one’s enemies will be those of his household.
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”
When Jesus finished giving these commands to his Twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Resistance to Christ

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

Jesus desires us. He invites us to lose our life in order to find it. This paradox reflects Christ’s death and resurrection. To become his followers, we are not to adhere to our own power or authority or inner control. Instead, Christ longs to influence our choices, our actions, our speech, and our way of life. Christ invites us to surrender to his grace within us.
Every morning I experience the sword he brings. So often, I hesitate to pray. I cling to my own ideas and thoughts about my world. Trying to solve my own problems is embedded in my ego. Resistance to Christ is often my first moment of the morning. I am afraid he will call me to become something I do not want to be. I feel my hesitation to lose my life in him in every deep breath.
Everyone lives on the point of this sword. At times, we all fear letting God be God in our lives. No matter our age or experience, losing our strident ways, our false ideas, and our self-centered perceptions is not easy. Yet, if we become Christ’s followers, we breathe lovingly into his presence and ponder his abiding spirit within us. Surrender brings healing and forgiveness. The sword becomes peace. His love remedies fear.
His story of love is revealed in us as we become prophets of forgiveness and service. Even a glass of cold water becomes witness to such love for those who ache for his mercy.

Fr. Ronald Patrick Raab

Fr. Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC, serves as religious superior at Holy Cross House, a medical and retirement facility at Notre Dame, Indiana. He is a retreat director, award-winning author, and visual artist. Learn more at ronaldraab.com.

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Marist Source

At the Altar, the Eucharist, we find a privileged place to enter into
communion with the Body of Christ: to stand as one with all
who are members and to deepen our relationship with the living presence
of Jesus in our lives.

Water from the Rock #23

Community at Laumanasa House, Honiara, SI

To Ponder

Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

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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