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 rejoice in the gift of one another.
Marists at Catholic College, Sale, VIC.

That we rejoice in the gift of one another.
Marists at Catholic College, Sale, VIC.

Today's Gospel

I tell you, there is rejoicing among the saints and angels of God over one repentant sinner.

Luke 15: 10.
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Luke 15: 1-10.

1 The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him,

2 and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'

3 So he told them this parable:

4 'Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it?

5 And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders

6 and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost."

7 In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine upright people who have no need of repentance.

8 'Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it?

9 And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found the drachma I lost."

10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.'

Breaking Open The Word

When he has found the sheep, he returns home. Our Shepherd returned to his heavenly kingdom once humanity had been restored.

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

Rejoice With Me.

[O]ne sheep was lost when a human left the pasture of life by sinning. [That sheep] left the ninety-nine in the desert, since he left the majestic choirs of angels in heaven. But why is heaven called a desert, unless it is because we call what we have left behind deserted? A human deserted heaven when he sinned; the ninety-nine sheep remained in the desert when the Lord was seeking the one on earth, because the number of thinking beings, of angels and humans, which had been
created in order to see God, was diminished when the human was lost. The human who had been lost was sought on earth, in order that the perfect sum of the sheep might be restored in heaven. Here the evangelist says in the desert, but another evangelist says in the mountains to indicate the heights, since the sheep which had not been lost were standing on the summits. . . .

When he has found the sheep, he returns home. Our Shepherd returned to his heavenly kingdom once humanity had been restored. There he found his friends and neighbors, those choirs of angels which are his friends because they keep his will unceasingly by their steadfastness, and which are also his neighbors, because by their constant presence they have perfect joy in seeing his glory. We must notice that he does not say, “Rejoice with the sheep that has been found,” but Rejoice with me. Our lives are his joy. When we are brought back to heaven, we complete the solemn festival of his delight.

St. Gregory the Great, Homily 34. Taken from Give Us This Day.

St. Gregory the Great (ca. 540–604) became pope in 590 and is one of the four great Doctors of the Western Church.

That we rejoice in the gift of one another.
Marists at Catholic College, Sale, VIC.

Marist Source

The communion between Lay people and the Brothers complements and enriches our specific vocations and different states of life. There is not only a place for both at the table, but we need each other at our side.

What specific gifts do each of us bring to our lives together in your context?

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That we rejoice in the gift of one another.
Marists at Catholic College, Sale, VIC.

To Ponder

“My sheep that was lost” – when has God ‘found’ you when you were lost? What was it like?

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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