18 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, when living for you becomes a source of mockery or leads us to be excluded by those around us, help us to remember your prophet Jeremiah. May the fire of your love burn in our hearts. You never forget us, and by your Holy Spirit, the Comforter, you are always at our side.
17 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of mercy, we wish to live from your justice. It lifts up the humble and topples the mighty from their thrones. And when your justice becomes peace for all people, we hear Christ say to us, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God".
16 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, we come to you as we are, with our joys but also with our wounds. We wish to share with you the depths of our being. You listen to us and you welcome us. Your trust awakens our trust. A path opens, a path of fullness in God, fullness of life, which heals us.
15 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, you are closer to us than we can imagine. By your Word, you come to us and we wish to welcome you with joy. You will make your home then deep within us and our lips will sing your praise.
14 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, sent by God, you send each and every one of us to proclaim the good news of your love. And if we say to ourselves, "I don’t have what it takes to do that", help us to understand that you ask nothing more of us than to set out in great simplicity. In you, what seemed impossible then becomes feasible and even a source of joy, of unexpected communion.
13 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Risen Christ, through your Holy Spirit, you dwell in our hearts. And if there is ever a struggle within us to remain in that trust, give us to remember that your love is greater than anything that can separate us from you. You will never abandon us.
12 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, when we feel very small in the face of the complexity of the situations around us, help us to remember that it is precisely at that moment that you offer us fullness in God. You always welcome us and a little path opens up, a path of eternity.
11 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, we give you thanks for your life given for the love of every person. By your Resurrection, we understand that nothing can separate us from that love. For everyone, you open the way so that we may live as people who are reconciled with God. May your Holy Spirit make of us creators of reconciliation in the human family.
10 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Eternal God, you place within our reach the beauty of your call. To respond to it, you do not ask of us just an external observance of what we have understood of you. You open the ears of our hearts; you transform us deep within; and so we can say to you: "Here, Lord, I am coming: become my life."
9 July 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of mercy, the righteous one, you have no favourites and you never judge by appearances. You look on the heart, and there you discern the desire to be loved, to be welcomed. May your way of looking transform our way of looking, so that we may live from your justice, praising and blessing you.