Daily Prayers

Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Category: Day Prayer

  • Sheep Without A Shepherd (3)

    Extract: As Jesus travelled from town to village and throughout the countryside, crowds often gathered to listen to his Gospel teachings and seek His miraculous help; healing their sick of diseases and disabilities. Jesus was often deeply troubled upon meeting the people commenting that they were “bewildered and helpless”. On one such occasion, Jesus turned…

  • Parable Of The Wedding Banquet (2)

    Extract: When the invited guests refused to come to the Kings son’s wedding, the King instructed other slaves to appeal to them once again saying, “Tell those who have been invited, ‘Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to…

  • Jesus’ Teaching About The Holy Spirit

    Extract: It was on the final day of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. Jesus stood up and shouted out to the people, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink”. Jesus said “this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were…

  • Jesus, “The First Last and Last First”

    Extract: Peter, probably reflecting on the sacrifices he had made to be with Jesus said to Him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you!” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake…

  • Crucified Jesus Consoles His Mother

    Gospel Extract: At the foot of Jesus’ Cross stood his Mother, his Mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, Mary Magdalene and John the Apostle. Jesus said to his Mother, “‘Woman, look, here is your son!’ He then said to his disciple, ‘Look, here is your mother!’ From that very time the disciple took her into…

  • Jesus Predicts The Disciples Flight

    Extract: When Jesus’ disciples said to Him, “Now we know that you know everything and…. Because of this we believe that you have come from God”. Jesus replied, “Look, a time is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone”.…

  • Jesus, “The Vine And The Branches” (2)

    Extract: Jesus said to his disciples, “Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me”. (John 15:4) Thought A branch separated from its roots will live for only a short time. Then it dies. Why separate ourselves from God’s…

  • Jesus’ Final Commission

    Extract: Before ascending to Heaven, Jesus said to his disciples, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled”. Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,…

  • Mary Magdalene And Others Visit Jesus’ Tomb

    Extract: At sunrise, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of James, and Salome went to Jesus’ tomb to anoint his body. Arriving at the tomb, they looked up and “saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away”. (Mark 16: 1-7) Thoughts Alarmed, they went inside and…

  • Calling Of The Disciples (2)

    Extract: Jesus, walking a little further, saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother mending their nets. When Jesus called them, “They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.” (Mark 1: 14-20) Thought What sacrifices do I make for Jesus? Reflection Lord Jesus, may today be…