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 Marists in leadership positions
Marists at John Therry Catholic College, Rosemeadow, NSW

For Marists in leadership positions
Marists at John Therry Catholic College, Rosemeadow, NSW

Today's Gospel

No sign will be given to this generation except the sign of Jonah.

Luke 11:29-32
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Luke 11:29-32

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here. At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Begin Again

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

It is tempting to think, after a lifetime of spiritual practice, that the call to repentance applies only to beginners. But Jonah and Jesus remind us that from priest to prophet, from king to cow, from God to the entire People of God, all of us are to repent, to change, to begin again.
Jonah, a prophet of the Lord, needed repentance. Only a Godsent storm and a few days in the darkness of a digestive tract were enough to get him to change his mind. In the misery of that imagery, there is a deeply resonant spiritual reality: Sometimes the only way we are opened to change is when we sit in the mess of our own making, when we are left alone in the “belly of the beast” to think about what got us here, what and how we are called to change, and what hope and plans God has for us in the future.
Jonah is spit out upon the beach and, seeing the light of day again, finally answers God’s call. He preaches to the Ninevites, whom he despised, and they repent, from king to cow, at the Word of the Lord among them. And the Scriptures tell that, in the end, even “God repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.”
Jonah, Jesus, and God remind us, each again anew, that it is never too late to change: Repent, change your heart, begin again!

Michael J. Sanem

Michael J. Sanem ministers in Kansas City, where he lives with his wife and three sons. Author of Becoming the Good News: A New Approach to Parish Evangelization and the forthcoming Growing into God, he writes at incarnationiseverywhere.com.

For Marists in leadership positions
Marists at John Therry Catholic College, Rosemeadow, NSW

Marist Source

In his parable, Jesus does not offer alternatives; he does not ask
what might have happened had the injured man or the one who helped him
yielded to anger or a thirst for revenge. Jesus trusts in the best of the human
spirit; with this parable, he encourages us to persevere in love, to restore
dignity to the suffering and to build a society worthy of the name.

Pope Francis in “Fratelli Tutti”, No. 71

For Marists in leadership positions
Marists at John Therry Catholic College, Rosemeadow, NSW

To Ponder

Jonah, Jesus, and God remind us, each again anew, that it is never too late to change: Repent, change your heart, begin again!

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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