27 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, the good news of your love sets us free to journey together with you and with the people you entrust to us. And even if we have the impression that we are crying out in the desert, we would like to do all we can to prepare your way for others by our lives: your way of peace, your way of justice.
26 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)We give you thanks, God of life. Your will is not like a law that is imposed on us from outside. It is your love which dwells in the depths of our being, in the place where your Spirit breathes. Help us to follow your ways, and to become what we are in our heart of hearts.
25 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, the one sent by God, when we find it hard to follow you and we are even tempted to forsake you, you stay with us and you ask us as you asked your disciples: "Do you want to leave as well?" But when we hear your question, our reply, like Peter’s, rises up from deep within: "Jesus, to whom should we go? What you say is life, because you love us with a love that will never end." And then we understand that in you there is a spring which frees us from our fears so that we can always set out again on the way that you open for us.
24 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, help us always to discern what comes from you and to keep it like a treasure in our hearts. Your Holy Spirit brings to our minds all that you have said to us. Your words are a light on our path; they make us alive in you.
23 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)We bless you, eternal God. When our prayer goes up to you, you are already listening to us. And we come to understand your secret: you turn towards us not because of anything we have done, but simply because you love us first. Great is your goodness!
22 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, rooted in a communion with God, you shared your life with all those who came towards you, the righteous and the unrighteous. By your Holy Spirit, you come towards us always. And so we say to you: "Come and dwell in me; open me to your presence; may your life become my life."
21 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Everlasting God, wellspring of all love, when we hear your Christ say to us "Love your neighbour as yourself", we might want to ask you: "But how is that possible?" Yes it is he himself who shows us the way by his life. May your Holy Spirit lead us always.
20 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you invite us to come close to you through simple prayer. And we are amazed to find that you welcome us as we are, with what our heart asks from you. Help us to wait for you in silence and in peace.
19 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Heal us, faithful God, and we shall be healed. Love us so that we may be able to love. As you watch over us, help us to keep watch over one another, to listen to one another, and so always to journey together.
18 August 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, the bread which came down from heaven, we would like to respond to your invitation to remain in you as you remain in us. You have given your life for us and, through your Eucharist, we shall live from you. You help us to discover a communion which will never end. Praise be to you!