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
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Intention of the Day

That Mary be the model of our lives.

Marists at Notre Dame College, Shepparton, Vic

That Mary be the model of our lives.

Marists at Notre Dame College, Shepparton, Vic

Today's Gospel

If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:31-42
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John 8:31-42

Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?” Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.”
They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!” So they said to him, “We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God.” Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Places We Do Not Expect

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

I’ve been keeping a daily journal based on a prayer for spiritual Communion that I learned while attending livestream Mass during the pandemic: “Teach me to find you in places I do not expect.”
A representative journal entry: My little granddaughter holding her baby sister. The white blossoms on blackberry bushes. The woman crying at the library. I suppose it’s another way of trying to embody—or at least illuminate—the Jesuit ideal of “finding God in all things.”
All these weeks into the somber season of Lent, today’s readings shine a light onto the holy presence of God among us. The faithful men with the memorable names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are found not only to be “unfettered and unhurt, walking in the fire” that was supposed to kill them in punishment for not worshiping a false god, but to be accompanied by a fourth man who “looks like a son of God.” In a place they do not expect.
The actual Son of God, in the Gospel, emphasizes his relationship to God. “I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,” Jesus says, with some frustration. “[M]y word has no room among you.” His disciples don’t grasp his urgent message. Jesus is coming from a place they do not expect.
Maybe today we make some room for God’s Word among us. Maybe today we open our hearts to God’s voice. Maybe today we treasure God’s presence in all the unexpected places.

Valerie Schultz

Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer and essayist. She is author of Overdue: A Dewey Decimal System of Grace and A Hill of Beans: The Grace of Everyday Troubles.

That Mary be the model of our lives.

Marists at Notre Dame College, Shepparton, Vic

Marist Source

No matter how many detours people choose to follow, there is always the opportunity to meet and know God.

Water from the Rock #62

That Mary be the model of our lives.

Marists at Notre Dame College, Shepparton, Vic

To Ponder

“Teach me to find you in places I do not expect.”

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Salve Regina

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy.
Hail, our life, our sweetness,
and our hope.
To you do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve.
To you do we send up our sighs,
Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
Your eyes of mercy towards us.
And after this, our exile,
Show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.