15 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Praise be to you, living God! You bring us out of indifference and open our eyes to those who are in need. Like John the Baptist, we would like to live from your absolute compassion. Lead us always by your Spirit on the way of greater love, in the image of Jesus, your Son, the One who is coming.
14 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of life, you know our hunger and our thirst for justice. By your Holy Spirit, transform our desire into action, and set a just life growing in the places where innocent people are suffering. And then your justice will be augmented by praise.
13 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, you want each person to know your love. Your patience is infinite and it opens out in us an expectation which turns us towards you. Thus it is that day after day our communion with you grows deeper and our lives are transformed.
12 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, the one sent by God, you did not come in order to judge anyone. You want to set us free from our fears and anxieties. Little by little, we find the courage to believe it: your love has no limits and no end. It opens us to a communion with you that we would never have hoped for.
11 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, like the father of the prodigal son, you watch over us and you wait for us. And when our hearts turn towards you again, we find that you have already covered the distance that separated us from God. A communion becomes possible. You are there.
10 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Holy Spirit, helps us to be like John the Baptist and to point always towards Christ, never towards ourselves. You breathe where you want to, but you dwell also in our hearts and you keep recalling to us the works of Jesus. We bless you and give you thanks.
9 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Risen Christ, by the presence of the Holy Spirit you have poured God’s love into our hearts, and you enable us to hope against all hope. And then, to our surprise, from deep within us peace begins to rise up little by little. Praise be to you!
8 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Praise be to you, faithful God, for John the Baptist. He prepared the ways for the coming of your Son Jesus. We in our turn would like to do all we can to transmit to others what we have understood of the good news of your love. And when we have the impression that we are like a voice calling out in the desert, help us to discern the path that you open up before us.
7 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Eternal God, even when sadness lies in wait for us and we are as it were attracted by harsh judgments on ourselves or on others, you stay close to us. Help us always to welcome the joy of your love. May it renew us day after day!
6 December 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, your goodness never dries up. As the dawn breaks anew each morning, your love never stops working in our lives. And then our heart begins to grow, and our horizon becomes ever broader so that we may sing your praises.