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 patience and understanding.
For Pope Francis, on the anniversary of his election.

For patience and understanding.
For Pope Francis, on the anniversary of his election.

Today's Gospel

Everyone who asks, receives.

Matthew 7:7-12
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Matthew 7:7-12

Jesus said to his disciples: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door
will be opened. Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asked for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asked for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

God’s Sincere Love

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

I would have you know that every [good], whether perfect or imperfect, is acquired and made manifest in me. And it is acquired and made manifest by means of your neighbor. . . . If you have received my love sincerely without self-interest, you will drink your neighbor’s love sincerely. It is just like a vessel that you fill at the fountain. If you take it out of the fountain to drink, the vessel is soon empty. But if you hold your vessel in the fountain while you drink, it will not get empty: indeed, it will always be full. So the love of your neighbor, whether spiritual or temporal, is meant to be drunk in me, without any self-interest.
I ask you to love me with the same love with which I love you. But for me you cannot do this, for I loved you without being loved.
. . . So your love should be sincere: You should love your neighbors with the same love with which you love me.

St. Catherine of Siena, Passion for the Truth

Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) was a mystic and Dominican tertiary who counseled and challenged popes and rulers. She is known for her many spiritual writings and is a Doctor of the Church.

For patience and understanding.
For Pope Francis, on the anniversary of his election.

Marist Source

The parable (of the Good Samaritan) begins with the robbers.
Jesus chose to start when the robbery has already taken place, lest we dwell
on the crime itself or the thieves who committed it. Yet we know them well.
We have seen, descending on our world, the dark shadows of neglect and
violence in the service of petty interests of power, gain and division.

Pope Francis in “Fratelli Tutti”, No. 72

For patience and understanding.
For Pope Francis, on the anniversary of his election.

To Ponder

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to 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