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 God's compassion guides us.
Marists living and working in the Arco Norte region.

That God's compassion guides us.
Marists living and working in the Arco Norte region.

Today's Gospel

Rejoice because your names are written in heaven.

Luke 10:17-24
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Luke 10:17-24

The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power ‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
At that very moment he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
Turning to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

In God’s Hands

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

People of every age have asked, “Why suffer?” While we may trace some of our suffering to foolish behavior, much of the suffering, like Job’s, remains mysterious and undeserved.
Today’s first reading is the happy ending after a long period of suffering. Job’s preceding prayerful lament challenges God to explain why he is in such agony. God, however, never speaks directly to a single complaint. Rather, God invites Job to reframe his suffering by questioning his knowledge of and control over the order of the universe. God insists that the order of the universe is still intact, but it is largely hidden and under God’s control.
The hard truth for us is that we must learn to live with our inability to control everything and accept a certain amount of ambiguity and unresolved anxiety about why we suffer. The lesson from Job lies in his speaking directly to God (prayer) to sustain his relationship to God (spirituality). His personal relationship with God allowed him to accept God’s reframing his experience inviting him into a deeper relationship.
Our take-home message: living in relationship with God helps us to cope with ambiguity and to bear the burden of mystery while maintaining faithfulness. We look to the death and resurrection of Jesus as our ultimate hope that we are in good hands—God’s hands.

Fr. Richard M. Gula

Richard M. Gula, PSS, taught in seminaries and ministry formation programs for many years and then served as director of personnel for the U.S. Province of the Sulpicians. He is now retired.

That God's compassion guides us.
Marists living and working in the Arco Norte region.

Marist Source

The spirituality of simplicity shapes the whole life cycle of Marcellin.

Water from the Rock #36

That God's compassion guides us.
Marists living and working in the Arco Norte region.

To Ponder

For what are you grateful for today....

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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