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

That we come to know God, who has “pitched his tent in our midst.”
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

That we come to know God, who has “pitched his tent in our midst.”
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

Today's Gospel.

Look, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.

Luke 13: 30.
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Luke 13: 22 - 30.

22 Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem.

23 Someone said to him, 'Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them,

24 'Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.

25 'Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," but he will answer, "I do not know where you come from."

26 Then you will start saying, "We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets,"

27 but he will reply, "I do not know where you come from; away from me, all evil doers!"

28 'Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out.

29 And people from east and west, from north and south, will come and sit down at the feast in the kingdom of God.

30 'Look, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.'

Breaking Open The Word

The door to the kingdom of God will not remain open forever.

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

Busy at the Back Door.

The door to the kingdom of God will not remain open forever. There comes a time when for each one of us personally in death, and cosmically at the Second Coming of Christ, the door will be closed. Jesus, the risen Christ, is the Master of God’s household who “rises” to shut the door. He will not open it to name-dropping or pleas of casual associates who by their protests only indicate how shallow their relationship with Jesus has been. In fact, says the Gospel, Jesus will be busy at the back door with those who are too ashamed to come to the front: the strangers, the beggars, those healed in their bodies and psyches, the abused women, the repentant sinners, and all those who may not have known much about God. But they were known by God as the last who deserved to be first in the kingdom.

This is a scene of Gospel reversal, with graphic language to impress on Jesus’ audience that those who expect to be the guests at the messianic banquet, who consider themselves holy, may be disappointed. They will have no place in the history of salvation, and will not sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets; others will take their place. We should remember that these words of Jesus are admonitions rather than predictions. If we are honest with ourselves, especially our self-righteous selves, we will admit that we still find it rather scandalous and upsetting that “those people,” however we name or categorize them, might be invited into the feast—or at least have a more favored place at table than we do.

Sr. Verna Holyhead, adapted from Welcoming the Word. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Sr Verna A. Holyhead, SGS (d. 2011), was an Australian Sister of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict.

That we come to know God, who has “pitched his tent in our midst.”
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

Marist Source

Since the time of Marcellin, his disciples have made Mary known and loved.

# WFR 28.

That we come to know God, who has “pitched his tent in our midst.”
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

To Ponder

'Try your best to enter'- don't worry if you struggle to stay out of your ego and open; it doesn't depend on you so just start again.

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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