31 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, remove from us all desire to judge other people, and increase in us the thirst for your presence. At your wellspring, we understand that when we live from compassion, we reflect the very life of God. And the Holy Spirit renews our hope and pours out your love in our hearts.
30 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, since the beginning you have yourself become a pilgrim with your people on a way of hope. In Jesus, whom you sent as the fulfilment of your love, you have shown us that this way is open for everyone. Our whole life finds its meaning in him, the spring of forgiveness, gentle and humble of heart.
29 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Eternal God, you loved the world so much that you sent your eternal Word to dwell among us in Jesus, the Christ. In him we see your glory: a living human being who gave himself entirely for the love for all. And to look upon Christ, that is life for us.
28 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of love, you have made us in your image. Work on us day after day by your Holy Spirit so that we may become more and more like Jesus, your Son. And then like him we will be able to say: "I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth." And doors of praise, the doors of eternity, open within us.
27 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of love, you have made us in your image. Work on us day after day by your Holy Spirit so that we may become more and more like Jesus, your Son. And then like him we will be able to say: "I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth." And doors of praise, the doors of eternity, open within us.
26 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Praise be to you, Jesus, the one sent by God! Your life is good news for the whole human family. Today you confide to each one of us the task of announcing this through our lives. Your Holy Spirit will visit us in our poverty and will guide us and give us the audacity to proclaim deliverance, to open eyes that are closed, and to set free where oppression reigns. And hoping beyond all hope becomes our path.
25 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Spring of life, God of compassion, help us at every moment to turn towards you to welcome the living water that you want to pour out in our hearts. And then a song rises up from deep within us: You love me with a love that will never end.
24 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, your love is not just a word: it is life. As you washed the feet of your friends, we too would like to give ourselves to the end for others in the wake of this love. Even if we find it hard to live from you, the Holy Spirit will come to help us, and little by little the joy of loving, the joy of serving, will spring up in our hearts.
23 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, praise be to you for the witnesses of all the ages who have announced the good news of your love. By your Son, Jesus, you reveal that that love has no limits and is beyond everything we could imagine. May your Holy Spirit give us the daring to step over the threshold between what seems possible to us and what is possible for you.
22 January
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, in the ploughed-up earth of our lives, you come to visit us. Increase our thirst for your presence and open our ears and our hearts so that your word may take root in us. Our deep desire is that our lives may bear fruit, for you and for the people you entrust to us. And then we understand: what you ask of us you also give to us.