13 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, you never forsake us. With you, nothing is lost. Send your Holy Spirit to complete in us what you have already begun. And we will wait in peace until the day when Christ is all in all.
12 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God our Father, rekindle in us a passion for the unity of those who love your Son Jesus. He prayed that we might be one as he is one with you. By your Holy Spirit, lead us day by day to journey together with Christ and with one another so that all people may come to believe that you have loved them with a love which will never come to an end.
11 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you life was not a success. You encountered oppositions and even death on a cross. But by your Resurrection you show us that life is stronger. Then great is our joy to share the life that comes from you, and to live from what we have understood of you.
10 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Faithful God, your love forges a way through all the complexities of our lives. By your son Jesus, you show us that this love is stronger than death. And so we understand: even the harm we have done can be turned into good when we turn towards you. Help us to return to you at every moment, you who are the source of life.
9 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)ASCENSION Risen Christ, on this day you sent out your friends to announce the good news of your love to all creation. Today too you send us out to share what we have understood of you with the people you entrust to us, and to do so above all by our lives. And when we do not know any more what to do, your Holy Spirit whispers in our hearts: "I am with you every day until the end of time."
8 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Often we ask you, living God: What is it that you want for me? And you reply: Listen to what Jesus says to you. He is the one I have sent; he has the words that give life. Whoever hears him hears me.
7 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, the Christ sent by God, we are thirsty for your presence. You open for us a spring of living water, a free gift that never dries up. We would like always to go to that spring: it is peace; it is gentleness; it transforms our lives.
6 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you did not come to abolish but to fulfil the law by which God has always guided his people. And by your Holy Spirit you inspire us to accomplish acts of goodness, of understanding, and of unselfishness towards the people you entrust to us. Help us in this way to bear one another’s burdens: your Law is written in our hearts.
5 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, before ever we loved you, you loved us. You have chosen us and you call us your friends. Your Holy Spirit reminds us of your words: "There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for those one loves." May we remain in these words so that the joy of belonging to you may grow in us, you who are the source of all joy.
4 May 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, Son of the living God, you became like us and you went to the point of giving your life for each person. Through you, God’s heart is revealed: faithful love, without limits, which comes to meet us at the point where we are. Risen from the dead, you remain humbly beside us; day after day you journey together with us.