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

For deceased Brothers, parents, relatives, pupils, colleagues and benefactors.
Marists at St Joseph's School, Northam, WA.

For deceased Brothers, parents, relatives, pupils, colleagues and benefactors.
Marists at St Joseph's School, Northam, WA.

Today's Gospel

That day will come upon you unexpectedly, like a trap.

Luke 21: 34-35.
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Luke 21: 34-36.

34 'Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will come upon you unexpectedly,

35 like a trap. For it will come down on all those living on the face of the earth.

36 Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to hold your ground before the Son of man.'

Breaking Open The Word

It is won with earnest watching and prayer...with continual remembrance of your Creator and constant acknowledgment of God’s unspeakable love for you.

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

Faithful, Watchful Servants.

Wake up and rouse yourselves from the slumber of apathy! And once you’ve washed, be sure you put on the white of purity and the color of blazing charity, both of which you will find in the blood of the Lamb. I want you to consider, my [children], that you cannot have this purity of mind and body if you are . . . setting your love and desire on [others] or on created things apart from God’s will. Nor is it compatible with selfish love or physical self-indulgence. No, it is won with very earnest watching and prayer, and with continual remembrance of your Creator and constant acknowledgment of God’s unspeakable love for you.

After you have acquired purity in the way I’ve described, you will see that there is no service you can do for God, and so you will extend your love to your neighbors, doing for them the service you cannot do for God. You will visit the sick, help the poor, and console those who are troubled. You will weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice. I mean you will weep with those who are grieving in deadly sin by being compassionate and by offering continual prayers for them in God’s presence. And you will rejoice with those who are glad because they are true servants of Jesus Christ crucified, always happy to be in their company.

I beg you, my [children], to do this. This is how you will be faithful rather than faithless servants. And this is what my heart longs to see in you.

St. Catherine of Siena, The Letters of Catherine of Siena. Taken from Give Us This Day.

St. Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) was a mystic and a tertiary of the Dominican Order. She is a Doctor of the Church.

For deceased Brothers, parents, relatives, pupils, colleagues and benefactors.
Marists at St Joseph's School, Northam, WA.

Marist Source

The crucified Christ is the sign and deepest expression of God who is love.

# WFR 22.

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Marists at St Joseph's School, Northam, WA.

To Ponder

‘Stay Awake’ Are you aware of what God is asking|wanting of you?

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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