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

That we gift ourselves totally to God and to others.
For all Members of the Marist Association.

That we gift ourselves totally to God and to others.
For all Members of the Marist Association.

Today's Gospel

We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.

Luke 7:31-35
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Luke 7:31-35

Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, / ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. / We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’ / For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Recreate Me in Your Love

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

We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.
O God, love, who have created me,
recreate me in your love.

O love, who have redeemed me,
whatever I have neglected of your love,
amend for yourself and redeem in me.
O God, love, who with the blood of your
Christ have ransomed me for yourself,
sanctify me in your truth.
O God, love, who have adopted me as your child,
nourish, nourish me after your own heart.
O love, who have chosen me for
yourself and for no one else,
make me, all of me, cling to you.
O God, love, who have cherished me gratuitously,
grant that I may cherish you
with all my heart, all my soul, all my strength.

St. Gertrud the Great of Helfta, Spiritual Exercises, V

Gertrud of Helfta (1256–1301), also known as Gertrud the Great, was a German Benedictine nun, mystic, and scholar. Her writings include Spiritual Exercises and The Herald of God’s Loving-Kindness.

That we gift ourselves totally to God and to others.
For all Members of the Marist Association.

Marist Source

Key among the formative influences that shaped his spirituality was Marcellin's personal experience of being loved intensely by Jesus and called by Mary...lost in a snow storm with his companion at his feet Marcellin believed that if Mary does not come to our aid, we are lost...

Each of us is intensely loved by our God. How passionately do I believe that?

Water from the Rock #7

That we gift ourselves totally to God and to others.
For all Members of the Marist Association.

To Ponder

For what are you grateful for today?

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Where has the Spirit drawn you in today's prayer?

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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