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 boundless vision and outlook.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, Marist College, Bendigo, VIC.

For boundless vision and outlook.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, Marist College, Bendigo, VIC.

Today's Gospel

Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 18: 4.
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Matthew 18: 1 - 5, 10, 12 - 14.

1 At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?'

2 So he called a little child to him whom he set among them.

3 Then he said, 'In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.

4 And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.

5 'Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.

10 'See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven.

12 'Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray?

13 In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it gives him more joy than do the ninety-nine that did not stray at all.

14 Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

Breaking Open The Word

Therefore what children are in their simplicity, let us become through a holy way of life, as children innocent of sin.

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

A Child Does Not Know . . .

Jesus used the example of the child, that what he had been through his nature, we through our holy living might become—innocent, like children innocent of every sin. For a child does not know how to hold resentment or to grow angry. He does not know how to repay evil for evil. He does not think base thoughts. He does not commit adultery or arson or murder. He is utterly ignorant of theft or brawling or all the things that will draw him to sin. He does not know how to disparage, how to blaspheme, how to hurt, how to lie. He believes what he hears. What he is ordered he does not analyze. He loves his parents with full affection. Therefore what children are in their simplicity, let us become through a holy way of life, as children innocent of sin. And quite rightly, one who has become a child innocent of sin in this way is greater in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives such a person will receive Christ.

Epiphanius the Latin, Interpretation of the Gospels. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Epiphanius the Latin, author of Interpretation of the Gospels (ca. late fifth century), may have been a bishop of Benevento or Seville.

For boundless vision and outlook.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, Marist College, Bendigo, VIC.

Marist Source

Through our Marist spirit, we offer an experience of belonging and union in mission.

# WFR 32.

For boundless vision and outlook.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, Marist College, Bendigo, VIC.

To Ponder

'As little as this little child'- sounds easy but it's tough because of ego; we would rather BE-sure than BE-longing.

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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