17 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, we want to follow you. Teach us what it means to serve as you did. Yes, we would like to understand your words: Whoever gives their life for my sake will find it again.
16 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, give us a simple heart. In your love we find assurance and courage. Your Holy Spirit teaches us to live for others without measure. And when we open ourselves to the least important of our brothers and sisters, we are very close to you.
15 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Eternal God, your light is too dazzling to for our eyes to be able to see you, but it shines out gently in the face of Jesus. In prayer we can turn very simply towards him. He gives light to our path, and, more still, his light rises in our hearts. And then even our failures and our bitterness can be transfigured.
14 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Holy Spirit, you desire to make your home in every human being. You open our eyes to the beauty of life, and you place praise on our lips. This broadens our hearts and brings God’s joy to birth within us.
13 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you died on the cross, but you are risen and alive today. For everyone you prepare a place in God’s presence. You yourself said: I am with you for ever. May this Gospel hope spread out to all humanity!
12 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, through the Gospel you make it possible for us to discover that you are very close to each one of us, like a shepherd who stays close to his sheep. We would like to listen to your voice, to follow you, and to go to the point of giving our lives for those you entrust to us.
11 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of love, our heart seeks you. Our soul and our body are at times like dry land thirsting for you. This inner desire is already the beginning of faith. And trust in your presence bears us forward.
10 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, the Risen One, help us to trust in your words: Whoever gives their life for love will receive a hundredfold. You stand at the door of every human heart, always waiting expectantly for us.
9 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of peace, in the laboured earth of our lives, you come to place the trusting of faith. Just a little seed at its origin, it can become in us one of the clearest realities of the Gospel.
8 October 2021
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of all human beings, through Christ you have made known your will: to unite all creation in your love. Through the fellowship that we can experience together, your will is already being realised, and it is a spring of joy.