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, like Champagnat, our imagination becomes life giving.
Marists working with youth initiatives across the region.

That, like Champagnat, our imagination becomes life giving.
Marists working with youth initiatives across the region.

Today's Gospel. 3rd Sunday of Advent.

He is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.

Matthew 11: 9 - 10.
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Matthew 11: 2 - 11.

2 Now John had heard in prison what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him,

3 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'

4 Jesus answered, 'Go back and tell John what you hear and see;

5 the blind see again, and the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the good news is proclaimed to the poor;

6 and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.'

7 As the men were leaving, Jesus began to talk to the people about John, 'What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No?

8 Then what did you go out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothes are to be found in palaces.

9 Then what did you go out for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet:

10 he is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.

11 'In truth I tell you, of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

Breaking Open The Word

Every one of us has in our center a void—for love, for health, and ultimately for God.

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

Joyful Anticipation.

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.” How we can be commanded to rejoice? Nothing is more depressing than being told to cheer up. But an experience can be transformed if seen in a new context. Imagine that you are trudging through the rain, tired and hungry. This would usually be a sad experience. But the moment you realize that a mile away there is a pub with a log fire and someone ready to serve you a hearty meal, the experience of dreary lack becomes one of joyful anticipation. Hunger becomes a receptivity to what is to come. You are decentered. You forget your misery and open yourself to what is to be given.

John the Baptist is sure that someone “is to come” even if he needs confirmation that it is Jesus. John is not a reed bent by the wind, which in Judaism represented someone with no fixity of purpose. Nor is he a royal courtier who has everything that is needed. John lives in anticipation. Surely he was beheaded because of his irrepressible joy, an irritating sign that the powers that oppressed the people were not to be around for much longer. It was one way to get that smile off his face!

Every one of us has in our center a void—for love, for health, and ultimately for God. We hunger for more. But our faith may sometimes transform that experience of harsh lack into expectant happiness. And so: Rejoice!

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe. Taken from Give Us This Day.

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP, is former master general of the Order of Preachers and author of Stations of the Cross (with art by Martin Erspamer, OSB) as well as Take the Plunge: Living Baptism and Confirmation.

That, like Champagnat, our imagination becomes life giving.
Marists working with youth initiatives across the region.

Marist Source

Marcellin's invocations 'If the Lord does not build the house' and 'You know my God' showed his trust.

# WFR 17.

That, like Champagnat, our imagination becomes life giving.
Marists working with youth initiatives across the region.

To Ponder

‘…and the poor have good news brought to them.’ – In what ways am I ‘poor’? What good news might God be speaking to me in the face of this poverty?

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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