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 the members of the Provincial and Association Councils.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail

For the members of the Provincial and Association Councils.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail

Today's Gospel

Whoever keeps and teaches the law will be called great.

Matthew 5:17-19
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Matthew 5:17-19

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

A Divine Proclamation

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

In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s gospel Jesus says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” This is a proclamation of who Jesus is, and of the eternal will of God. “I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” It is an announcement of the world-changing event of the birth of the one who the angel told Joseph was going to save his people from their sins.
Jesus fulfills the Law by rooting the intention of the Law in the eternal will, that is, in the intention, of God. But now, in your midst, in your hearing, the intention of God is here: as Jesus will say, “on earth as in heaven.” The inner dynamism of Torah is realized; the external forms are rendered relative. . . . By fulfilling the Law, Jesus abolishes the Law.
His fulfillment of the Law, through his personally fulfilling the will of God, Jesus shares with Christians of every age. We can make our own the words of Paul and rejoice in our sufferings, and in our own flesh fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his Body, which is the Church. Let us be careful not to build up again those things that Christ tore down.

Mark A. Scott, OCSO, Loving Jesus

Mark A. Scott, OCSO, is a monk of the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California. From 2000 to 2008 he served as appointed superior and then abbot of Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri.

For the members of the Provincial and Association Councils.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail

Marist Source

The Samaritan who stopped along the way departed without
expecting any recognition or gratitude. His effort to assist another person
gave him great satisfaction in life and before his God, and thus became a
duty. All of us have a responsibility for the wounded, those of our own people
and all the peoples of the earth. Let us care for the needs of every man and
woman, young and old, with the same fraternal spirit of care and closeness
that marked the Good Samaritan.

Pope Francis in “Fratelli Tutti”, No. 79

For the members of the Provincial and Association Councils.
Marists at Good Counsel College, Innisfail

To Ponder

I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.

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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