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 share Marcellin's apostolic spirituality.
Marists living and working away from home.

That we share Marcellin's apostolic spirituality.
Marists living and working away from home.

Today's Gospel

As he drew near and came in sight of the city he shed tears over it.

Luke 19: 41.
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Luke 19: 41- 44.

41 As he drew near and came in sight of the city he shed tears over it

42 and said, 'If you too had only recognised on this day the way to peace! But in fact it is hidden from your eyes!

43 Yes, a time is coming when your enemies will raise fortifications all round you, when they will encircle you and hem you in on every side;

44 they will dash you and the children inside your walls to the ground; they will leave not one stone standing on another within you, because you did not recognise the moment of your visitation.'

Breaking Open The Word

Whenever we gather for eucharist, for thanksgiving, what we toast is the whole of our Lord’s life.

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

A Tapestry of Thanksgiving.

Three thousand years ago the Jews formulated blessings— berakoth—for every circumstance of their lives. Come weal or woe, they had a blessing. If it were good news, then “Blessed be he who is good and does good.” If it were bad news, then “Blessed be the judge of truth.” As far as they were concerned, humankind had a duty to pronounce a blessing on the bad in life as well as the good, because all life came from God. “It is forbidden,” says the Talmud, “to taste of this world without a blessing.” But that is not news, is it? Not to anyone who has broken bread and lifted the cup at this altar, where we give thanks for the life, and death, and life of Jesus Christ. We do not bless the good parts here and curse the rest. No, whenever we gather for eucharist, for thanksgiving, what we toast is the whole of our Lord’s life, the defeats along with the victories, the gentle birth alongside the violent crucifixion, the sleepless night in Gethsemane alongside the empty tomb on Easter morning. Because in retrospect, in faith, we believe that it is all a single tapestry and the removal of a single thread diminishes the whole creation.

Our challenge this Thanksgiving is to see our own lives the same way, to learn how to give thanks at this altar not only for the mixed blessings of Christ’s life but also for our own, to say “thank you” for the whole mess, the things we welcome as well as the things we would risk our souls to escape.

Barbara Brown Taylor, Mixed Blessings. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Barbara Brown Taylor is a best-selling author, professor, and Episcopal priest.

That we share Marcellin's apostolic spirituality.
Marists living and working away from home.

Marist Source

Marcellin Champagnat, although he never travelled much beyond his own region, was someone with an all-encompassing vision: “every diocese in the world enters into our plans.”

A broad vision of what we as Marists can accomplish is our gift to one another.

# EMY 212.

That we share Marcellin's apostolic spirituality.
Marists living and working away from home.

To Ponder

“Jesus shed tears…” – what events and circumstances in our world make you cry 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