14 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Holy Spirit, when we go through deserts of the heart, your presence is there, like an oasis where you quench our thirst to be in communion.
13 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of all eternity, you know that our human language hardly manages to express our longing for a communion with you. But in you rises the dawn of trusting, like a springtime of the heart.
12 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, at every moment in your life you sought the closeness of God, whom you called Abba, father. The love of God impelled you to come close to us and to share our joys and difficulties. When we look on you, we learn to follow you and live as you lived.
11 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Living God, praised be you for gathering us in your name. In this, close at hand, everything is given to us. Open our hearts for us to live out a generous solidarity with those whom you send to us.
10 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Holy Spirit, you know our deep longing, and you do not want it to make us sad but joyful. And you help us understand that in God there is a longing even more ardent: the longing to be in communion with us.
9 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, allow us to listen to you when you tell us: “God is very close to you. Turn to him and put your trust in the Gospel!”
8 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of compassion, you loved and forgave us in Christ. You sought to reconcile all humanity in your love. May we enter fully into this reconciliation.
7 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Praise to you, Christ Jesus. When we come closer to you, we discover that there is a place for all in your presence. On this day, we entrust to you our beloved Jean Vanier who has entered into everlasting life and we praise you for the life he lived.
6 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Holy Spirit, you wish to burn away in us everything that keeps us away from God and from others. You rekindle constantly in us the fire of God’s love which is beyond all our hopes. So we say to you: come, Holy Spirit.
5 May 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, before each person you set this question; “Do you love me?” And even should we have the impression of barely knowing you, you and your Gospel, we can reply to you; “You have the words of life, you know that I love you, perhaps not as I would like to, but I do love you.”