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 open our homes to the poor and share with them our presence, time and resources.
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

That we open our homes to the poor and share with them our presence, time and resources.
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

Today's Gospel. Saints Simon and Jude.

When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them 'apostles'.

Luke 6: 13.
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Luke 6: 12 - 16.

12 Now it happened in those days that he went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

13 When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them 'apostles':

14 Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot,

16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.

Breaking Open The Word

He showed them that trust is like a dialogue, a communion between hearts that is continually deepening.

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

Formation and Transformation.

Jesus formed these men and many other disciples,
not in a formal way
by teaching ideas, skills, or giving them classes in Scripture,
but he formed and transformed them
by living with them,
walking with them,
being a model for them.
He loved them and they loved him
so naturally they learned from him,
to do things as he did them.
He taught them how to live the good news,
how to trust the Father
and to read the signs of God
in all the little events of each day.

He showed them that faith is trust in God,
not ideas about God,
and that this faith and trust grow day by day
through all that is beautiful
as well as through all that is painful,
all that reveals our weakness and poverty.
He showed them that trust is like a dialogue,
a communion
between hearts
that is continually deepening.

Jesus gave them an example of
how to live,
how to love,
how to welcome the poor,
how to become a friend of the powerless,
how to be with women
and with strangers, even with Roman troops,
how to be with sinners, tax collectors,
and victims of prostitution.
They saw how Jesus lived,
simply and poorly,
open to each moment and to each situation,
open to the will of the father,
and how he was moved or motivated
not by a codified, written law,
but by the law of love,
the love of each person in need.

Jean Vanier, Jesus, the Gift of Love. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Jean Vanier is the founder of L’Arche, an international network of communities for people with intellectual disabilities.

That we open our homes to the poor and share with them our presence, time and resources.
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

Marist Source

Mary was challenged to trust and give without knowing all the answers, whose faith life was a journey.

# WFR 29.

That we open our homes to the poor and share with them our presence, time and resources.
For Marists attending the Footsteps 1 Programme at Mittagong.

To Ponder

Today’s Gospel focusses on the importance of prayer. Do I spend enough time in prayer, listening to God’s call?

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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