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
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Intention of the Day

That we follow Marcellin's desire to proclaim God's Good News to poor children and young people.
For all Marists in PNG on their Independence Day

That we follow Marcellin's desire to proclaim God's Good News to poor children and young people.
For all Marists in PNG on their Independence Day

Today's Gospel Exaltation of the Holy Cross

I am not worthy to have you under my roof.

Luke 7:1-10
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Luke 7:1-10

When Jesus had come to the end of all he wanted the people to hear, he went into Capernaum. A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death. Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly with him. ‘He deserves this of you’ they said ‘because he is friendly towards our people; in fact, he is the one who built the synagogue.’ So Jesus went with them, and was not very far from the house when the centurion sent word to him by some friends: ‘Sir,’ he said ‘do not put yourself to trouble; because I am not worthy to have you under my roof; and for this same reason I did not presume to come to you myself; but give the word and let my servant be cured. For I am under authority myself, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man: Go, and he goes; to another: Come here, and he comes; to my servant: Do this, and he does it.’ When Jesus heard these words he was astonished at him and, turning round, said to the crowd following him, ‘I tell you, not even in Israel have I found faith like this.’ And when the messengers got back to the house they found the servant in perfect health.

The Gospel of the Lord

Breaking Open The Word

We Are One

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

If there are divisions among you, then you do not eat the Lord’s supper.

When you pray, you discover not only yourself and God, but also your neighbor. For in prayer, you profess not only that people are people and God is God, but also that your neighbor is your sister or brother living alongside you. For the same conversion that brings you to the painful acknowledgment of your wounded human nature also brings you to the joyful recognition that you are not alone, but that being human means being together.
At precisely this point, compassion is born. This compassion is not covered by the word “pity,” nor by the word “sympathy.” Pity connotes too much distance. Sympathy implies an exclusive nearness. Compassion goes beyond distance and exclusiveness.
Compassion grows with the inner recognition that your neighbor shares your humanity with you. This partnership cuts through all walls which might have kept you separate. Across all barriers of land and language, wealth and poverty, knowledge and ignorance, we are one, created from the same dust, subject to the same laws, and destined for the same end. With this compassion you can say, “In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. . . . In the depths of my being, I meet my fellow humans with whom I share love and hate, life and death.”
Compassion is daring to acknowledge our mutual destiny so that we might move forward, all together, into the land which God is showing us.

Fr. Henri J. M. Nouwen, With Open Hands

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932–1996) was an internationally known priest and is among the great spiritual writers of modern times.

That we follow Marcellin's desire to proclaim God's Good News to poor children and young people.
For all Marists in PNG on their Independence Day

Marist Source

The love of God enkindles in our hearts a passion to reach more children and young people, and to help them to live life to the full. Especially, we listen today to the voices which ask us - to announce the Good News of Jesus...

'Let the children come to me,' Jesus said, 'for of such is the kingdom!'

Gathered Around the Same Table #58

That we follow Marcellin's desire to proclaim God's Good News to poor children and young people.
For all Marists in PNG on their Independence Day

To Ponder

"Not even in Israel have I found such faith"... re-read the Gospel again....

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Salve Regina

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy.
Hail, our life, our sweetness,
and our hope.
To you do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve.
To you do we send up our sighs,
Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
Your eyes of mercy towards us.
And after this, our exile,
Show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.