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 nurture our community life and prayer.
The Brothers' Community at Eastwood.

That we nurture our community life and prayer.
The Brothers' Community at Eastwood.

Today's Gospel.

Leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year.

Luke 13: 8.
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Luke 13: 1 - 9.

1 It was just about this time that some people arrived and told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them,

2 'Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than any others, that this should have happened to them?

3 They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, killing them all? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem?

5 They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.'

6 He told this parable, 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.

7 He said to his vinedresser, "For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?"

8 "Sir," the man

1 It was just about this time that some people arrived and told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them,

2 'Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than any others, that this should have happened to them?

3 They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, killing them all? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem?

5 They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.'

6 He told this parable, 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.

7 He said to his vinedresser, "For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?"

8 "Sir," the man replied, "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it:

9 it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." '

time to dig round it and manure it:

9 it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." '

Breaking Open The Word

Jesus takes the opportunity to redirect their attention to their own need for repentance.

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

“Worry About Yourself”.

If as a child I took it upon myself to point out another child’s struggles or moral failures, my parents or teachers would redirect my attention: “Worry about yourself, David.” In today’s Gospel, Jesus delivers a similar message. A group is discussing some people who seem to have gotten the punishment that was coming to them; Jesus takes the opportunity to redirect their attention to their own need for repentance.

I wish I could report that my childhood tendency has since disappeared. Alas, I still find myself needing to hear Jesus’ message to look within. While recently discussing the negative effects of anger with my therapist, he suggested I pay careful attention to what makes me angry. He said that what we despise in others is often the secret part of ourselves that we find most shameful. He encouraged me to address my anger by taking an honest look at my own behavior so that I might address in myself what I was so angry about in others.

As the Gospel acclamation for today teaches, God finds no joy in the destruction of sinners, and we should find no joy in condemning the sins of others. All Christians should work to bring justice where it is lacking. However, we must always work to find the justice lacking in our own lives. As St. Paul writes, “The concern of the flesh is death, but the concern of the Spirit is life and peace.”

David Turnbloom. Taken from Give Us This Day.

David Farina Turnbloom is assistant professor of theology at the University of Portland.

That we nurture our community life and prayer.
The Brothers' Community at Eastwood.

Marist Source

At the Cross, we associate ourselves with people affected by failure and suffering.

# WFR 24.

That we nurture our community life and prayer.
The Brothers' Community at Eastwood.

To Ponder

The Parable of the Fig Tree shows God’s patience with us. Am I producing good fruit? What are the fruits that I share with people in my life and community?

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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