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
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Intention of the Day

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Marists at Cardinal McKeefry School, Wellington

For young people making life commitments.
Marists at Cardinal McKeefry School, Wellington

Today's Gospel

Jesus distributed to those who were reclining
as much as they wanted.

John 6:1-15
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John 6:1-15

Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” Since Jesus
knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Breaking Open The Word

Look to What’s Little

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

A child, the least among us, brings Jesus five loaves and two fish. Abundance for a family, but meager offerings for a crowd. Still, this small amount is enough to make a miracle.
Jesus tells the disciples to make the crowds sit down and rest. Get smaller and slower. He speaks a few words, then starts breaking everything apart. Suddenly there is enough, more than anyone could eat. Baskets full of leftovers. Abundance where there was only scarcity.
A child’s offering. A few words of prayer. A short Sabbath of rest. What is small can multiply. Where humans see not enough—food, money, time, or resources—God finds a way to work.
When Jesus realizes they want to make him king, he slips away alone. He gets smaller and slower, too. Wary of the world that is quick to crown but slow to see what God is asking.
When we look to what’s little, when we slow down and get smaller, we start to see bigger too. Right now, in our broken world, we want a sea-change. Save us from everything, Lord; save us from ourselves. But Christ calls us to sit down, take a beat, rest, and eat. If we start small, if we care for basic needs, if we tend to the least, if we slow down into Sabbath, we will find extra baskets full, too.
Look to what’s little. A moment’s rest. A quick prayer. A morsel of bread. All of it holy. Enough to sustain us.

Laura Kelly Fanucci

Laura Kelly Fanucci is a writer, speaker, and founder of Mothering Spirit, an online gathering place on parenting and spirituality. She is author of Everyday Sacrament, Grieving Together, and To Bless Our Callings.

For young people making life commitments.
Marists at Cardinal McKeefry School, Wellington

Marist Source

Family Spirit generates spaces and opportunities to share faith and life; it engenders community…
Jesus is our sustenance, spiritually and prayerfully. We turn to him in all our needs and recognise he is the focus and centre of our Marist life together.

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For young people making life commitments.
Marists at Cardinal McKeefry School, Wellington

To Ponder

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted.

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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.