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 let go and move on.
Those people who will serve on the new Association Council for the next three years.

That we let go and move on.
Those people who will serve on the new Association Council for the next three years.

Today's Gospel.

The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting.

Luke 10: 2.
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Luke 10: 1-12.

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting.

2 And he said to them, 'The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting.

3 Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4 Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.

5 Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!"

6 And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you.

7 Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.

8 Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you.

9 Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you."

10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say,

11 "We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near."

12 I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

Breaking Open The Word

And he will hear you.

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

Your Every Step.

If you want to win over a city to the love of Christ,
if you want to transform a town
into the kingdom of God,
first make your plans.
Gather round you friends who share your feelings.
Unite yourself with them in the name of Christ
and ask them to put God before anything else.
Then make a pact with them:
promise one another constant and perpetual love,
so that the Conqueror of the world
may be always among you
and be your leader;
that when your ego has been destroyed in love,
your every step may be sustained, your every tear be dried,
by the Mother of Fair Love. . . .

Then look for the poorest, the destitute,
the forsaken, the orphans, the prisoners.
Without pause in your action
run with your friends to visit Christ in them, to comfort
them,
to reveal to them that the love of God is close to them
and watches over them.
If someone is hungry, take food,
if naked, take clothing.
If you have neither clothes nor food,
ask for them from the Eternal Father with faith,
because they are necessary for his Son Christ,
who you wish to serve in every human person.
And he will hear you.

Chiara Lubich, Essential Writings. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Chiara Lubich (1920–2008), an internationally known religious leader and writer, was the founder of the Focolare, a movement that includes people of all ages, races, and vocations who promote unity, reconciliation, and the spirit of love.

That we let go and move on.
Those people who will serve on the new Association Council for the next three years.

Marist Source

As Marists, we avoid consumerism, with its accumulation of disposable goods and wasteful use of resources.

#WFR 38.

That we let go and move on.
Those people who will serve on the new Association Council for the next three years.

To Ponder

"Let your first words be, 'Peace to this house.'" Where, today, might I be needed to bring peace to a home ...a situation?

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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