16 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, light of the world, shine in our hearts. We would so much like to continue your work and reflect your love by our lives. And if our strength seems to be giving our, help us to contemplate you in the Gospel. And unexpected wellsprings appear: our thirst is quenched, we set out again, and joy comes back to us.
15 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, you have never stopped loving your chosen people and all that you have created. When we see that we have wandered far from you, by your Spirit, bring to our minds the moments when your love, even fleetingly, was a living reality in our lives. And the distance disappears: you were there all the time.
14 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Living God, your love turns us towards Jesus, the one whom you sent among us so that, created in your image, little by little we might become like him. Risen from the dead, he breathes on us the Holy Spirit, in whom we find freedom: the freedom to love, the freedom to live for others.
13 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, the one sent by God, you look with love upon each one of us. When what you ask of us seems too difficult, help us to hear your words: "Even if it is not possible for you, it is not so for God; for God everything is possible." Then the way opens and we can welcome both joys and sorrows knowing that you are with us every day, and into the life of eternity.
12 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, in our lives we go around looking for the precious pearl. Then the day comes when we understand: your presence is a source of love that has no limits. You are near, and you say to us: Come and follow me! And we would like to answer: Yes, I am coming, and I want to give everything in order to follow you.
11 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of life, help us to enter into the mystery of your love. Your Christ gave himself for each person, and shows us the point to which you are ready to commit yourself with us. Help us to stand at the foot of the cross with Mary, the other women, and John, and to welcome what Jesus says to us.
10 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Open our hearts, faithful God, to receive the words that you want to say to us today. May they take root in the earth of our daily lives, and bear fruits that last. Your Holy Spirit brings to our minds everything that your Son Jesus has said, he who is the way, the truth, and the life.
9 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, you forgave right through to the end. And we come to understand: without forgiveness, we can end up as it were held back with a wound that does not heal. But there are times when forgiving is too hard for us. Then you stand beside us and you wait with us. And your love finds its way through.
8 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, cause a spirit of childhood to grow in us, a spirit of festivity, which rejoices in everything that you give us. And then, even with empty hands, we can welcome your presence and enter into the fullness of life that you offer us.
7 October 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of peace, shepherd of our lives, when we pass through a valley of darkness, you promise to be with us. Be with all people who are suffering from the ravages of war, who are in grief, who have had to leave their homes; for refugees, for those who are afraid, who are hungry. And since you want to guide us in paths of justice, send your Holy Spirit so inspire us with the creativity that can make possible a just peace, in the image of your Son Jesus, who came not to condemn the world but to save it.