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 a greater devotion to the Eucharist.
For all those attending the Nurturing The Spiritual Retreat at Mittagong.

For a greater devotion to the Eucharist.
For all those attending the Nurturing The Spiritual Retreat at Mittagong.

Today's Gospel. Corpus Christi.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them.

Luke 9: 16.
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Luke 9: 11- 17.

11 But the crowds got to know and they went after him. He made them welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing.

12 It was late afternoon when the Twelve came up to him and said, 'Send the people away, and they can go to the villages and farms round about to find lodging and food; for we are in a lonely place here.'

13 He replied, 'Give them something to eat yourselves.' But they said, 'We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we are to go ourselves and buy food for all these people.'

14 For there were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples, 'Get them to sit down in parties of about fifty.'

15 They did so and made them all sit down.

16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them; then he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the crowd.

17 They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps left over were collected they filled twelve baskets.

Breaking Open The Word

When we stand before the Bread of Life—the Body of Christ, Corpus Christi—we don’t need to go anywhere to buy food. All we need is already here.

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

A Hopeful Equation.

Jesus’ disciples come up to him and ask him to send the crowds into the surrounding villages and farms to find food and lodging. “Feed them yourselves,” Jesus replies. And the disciples think they need to go grocery shopping.

Luke wants us to pick up the irony in this: The disciples are with the Bread of Life—and they’re asking where they might go to buy bread!

Yet their question seems legitimate. They have only five loaves and two fish with which to feed a crowd of five thousand. That’s a hopeless equation—a tiny bit of food and thousands to feed. But, and this is the key to the story, they are with the Bread of Life, and when you are with the Bread of Life you lack for nothing. All the resources you need are there, and there will be baskets full left over.

This incident mirrors the Old Testament story of David fighting Goliath. Goliath is a giant whose physical strength dwarfs David, a mere boy. The mismatch is so great that Goliath thinks it’s a joke. But God is on David’s side, and when God is on your side, you will always have all the resources you need to meet any situation, no matter the seeming mismatch.

When we stand before the Bread of Life—the Body of Christ, Corpus Christi—we don’t need to go anywhere to buy food. All we need is already here, no matter how hopeless the equation.

Fr. Ronald Rolheiser. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. His books are popular throughout the English-speaking world, and his weekly column is carried by more than seventy newspapers worldwide.

For a greater devotion to the Eucharist.
For all those attending the Nurturing The Spiritual Retreat at Mittagong.

Marist Source

We are invited to join with Mary in a journey of faith.

# WFR 42.

For a greater devotion to the Eucharist.
For all those attending the Nurturing The Spiritual Retreat at Mittagong.

To Ponder

“Jesus made the crowds welcome”. Who are the people of hospitality and inclusion in your life?

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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