5 November 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, set us free from all desire to judge others. Thought there can be moments when it is necessary to condemn evil, help us not to enclose anyone in our judgements, but to pray with the good thief: "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
4 November 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus the Christ, sheer gift of God, help us in everything to reflect your life. And even if we seem to have so little to offer, you welcome those little crumbs and lead us towards an abundance which is beyond everything we could imagine. Yes, by your Holy Spirit we shall receive from you grace upon grace.
3 November 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, when you ask us: "What do you need in order to live with God and with the people entrusted to you?" we would like to reply: "A heart which listens and which loves." And then by the Holy Spirit you help us to listen to God and to love him with all our being. And so you lead us also to love the people you entrust to us. The way towards the fullness of life that you promise us begins to open.
2 November 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Living God, you hold all things in your hand. You increase our hope for eternal rest in you. And even in the nights of our heart, we understand that you watch over us - and not us alone, but also over those who have gone before us.
1 November 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Blessed are you, Eternal God, for the people of all the ages who have borne witness to your love. Yes, as your Son Jesus said, blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are the gentle, blessed are all those who reflect the life that is in you. At the sight of this immense multitude, we sing to you and we worship you because you welcome us with them in the mystery of a communion which knows no limits.
31 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Praise be to you, God of life! Your mercy has no limits, and it brings us to new birth in you. By the resurrection of your Son you show us that nothing can separate us from your love. And then our hope overflows.
30 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you invite us to open our hearts before God; to dare to tell God everything that is in us: our desires, our joys, our sorrows. And we are filled with wonder, because our asking makes as it were scales fall from our eyes so that we can see what has already been given to us. And a song of praise resounds deep within us.
29 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, give us a very simple trust in your presence. Through this you help us enter a communion with God in which we belong to one another. May we become signs of your welcome for the people you entrust to us.
28 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of mercy, you suffer with those who are suffering. You heard the cry of your people when they were oppressed. In the face of the pain of so many innocent people today, the voice of your Christ resounds in our hearts: "Whatever you do to the least of my brothers or sisters, you do to me." Then enable us to journey together, to do what we can, even by the simplest actions, to help those who are going through torments.
27 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, when you ask us "What do you want me to do for you?" give us the courage and the simplicity of Bartimaeus to tell you whatever we have in our heart. Even if we cannot see clearly, you will open our eyes to see the beauty of your love. And then we can set out to follow you, you who always walk ahead of us.