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 give life to the world.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, NSW.

That we give life to the world.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, NSW.

Today's Gospel. Saint Matthew, Apostle.

It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.

Matthew 9: 12.
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Matthew 9: 9 - 13.

9 As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.

10 Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples.

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

12 When he heard this he replied, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.

13 Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'

Breaking Open The Word

For us, called to share in the apostolic life, there will be experiences of mountains and valleys, and everything in between.

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

Apostolic Blessing.

Most of us have had the experience of standing on a mountain or a high hill, of being on an upper floor of a tall building or on an airplane. From that vantage point, looking down on the earth and on people below, everything looks calm. Small. Perhaps when we were at that high elevation, we prayed and wished a blessing on the people below.

A friend suggested that when all my work seems too impossible to finish, I should stand on top of my desk and look down on my work. It won’t look so bad—or so big—if I bless it.

I would well imagine why Jesus, seeing everything that needed to be done, often retreated to the peaceful and simpler perspective of the mountain. Soon after Jesus delivered his Sermon on the Mount, he came down, and surprise, there was Matthew the tax collector. His résumé hardly made him a first choice for an apostle, yet without argument he followed Jesus. Pope Francis has said, “Jesus is the Lord of risk. Following Jesus demands a good dose of courage, a readiness to trade in the sofa for a pair of walking shoes and to set out on new and uncharted paths.”

For us, called to share in the apostolic life, there will be experiences of mountains and valleys, and everything in between. There must be time for active ministry and time for prayer, times of working and times of rest. And, as in today’s psalm, times of delighting to see the working of grace without our efforts: “The heavens proclaim the glory of God.”

Fr. Michael Peterson. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Fr. Michael Peterson, OSB, is a monk of Saint John’s Abbey, where he is the director of oblates. He also serves as president of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.

That we give life to the world.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, NSW.

Marist Source

Marcellin was deeply aware also of the love of Jesus and Mary for others; this inspired in him the passion of an apostle. He dedicated his life to sharing this love…the Montagne event was for Marcellin a summons from God…

Do we encourage this deep conviction in our colleagues and our youth?

# WFR 8,9.

That we give life to the world.
The Brothers’ Community and Marists, St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, NSW.

To Ponder

Jesus asks me to ‘go and learn' the meaning of the words: What I want is mercy, not sacrifice?

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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