4 January 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)When we put our trust in you, eternal God, through your Son you grant us to live from a life hidden in him. Open our hearts to be amazed: this life will never come to an end.
3 January 2024
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Light of the world, Christ Jesus, we bless you for your humble presence in us and around us. Like springtime on its way, a gentle brilliance, you give light to our lives and to our paths. And then, little by little, your radiance transforms our lives and we become what we are in our heart of hearts.
25 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Eternal God, praise be to you for your presence at the heart of our humanity, on this feast of the Nativity of your Son. Not knowing how to thank you, we cannot do otherwise than sing to you. Help us to welcome your joy, your peace, and the newness of the birth of Jesus who comes to us each day, so that in our turn we may transmit this good news for all the Creation.
23 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)O Christ, when we are faced with what you ask of us, we often feel inadequate. But you enter into the reality of our fears to open up for us the gift of your peace. Little by little we understand that everything is given to us, since the kingdom of God belongs to the poor in heart. And our hesitations flee away. What you ask of us, you also give to us.
22 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of all consolation, you are always with us. You look upon us with limitless goodness. You help us to go beyond our fears, and so we come to understand that judging ourselves or others has no place on the way you open up for us.
21 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)You, Christ Jesus, you consented to come to us in the poverty of our human condition. And so nothing can separate us any more from your love, the source of all generosity. Even when we do not feel anything of your presence, give us a generous heart in your likeness.
20 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of life, in the face of the violence within us and around us, teach us your ways. You know how much our hearts long for peace. May your ways transform us so that we may make creative and courageous decisions. And, taking one little step at a time, we can find ourselves surprised to discover that we are walking ahead not on our own, but together with many others.
19 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)In our lives, often we want to do things in our own strength. And then the time comes when we understand that you never want us to wear ourselves out inwardly. And by the Scriptures, your Holy Spirit whispers: Trust in the gift of my love. That is enough for you to discover the fullness of my life which is offered to you already.
18 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Glory be to you, God of the universe! You open for us a way through our deserts. It is there that you ask us not to be afraid, for you are with us. Your promise sustains us. And you never forsake us.
16 December 2023
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, servant to all, you never sought to put yourself forward. When we live from your presence, your Holy Spirit rekindles in us the thirst to love. And so you become far more than an example for us: you become the way for our life.