Luke 11:1-4
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for our troops serving oversees, and especially in Iraq.
"Bear wrongs patiently" and "Forgive all injuries"
As I was trying to find writings by Pope John Paul II on a reflection on The Our Father, I couldn't find anything directly written on The Our Father. What I found, though, was how The Our Father was used in his writtings as a means to reveal God's plan within each letter.
When I think about my own struggles, why wouldn't it be appropriate to pray an Our Father, and place our trust in Him? When I think about my own joys, why wouldn't it be appropriate to pray an Our Father, in thanksgiving for His goodness and His greatness?
The disciples pray to Jesus and ask Jesus how to pray. Jesus responds resoundingly through The Our Father, the prayer we should pray, for all aspects of our lives.
It's amazing how today's reading works so well with today's acts of mery (I missed yesterday, so I plaed them twice). In today's reading, we pray to God to help us in these two spiritual acts of mercy. It's a matter of submitting our own will to that of The Father, and the will of Our Father "bears all things" (because "love bears all things"). We are called to submit our will to Him, and that is how we will love. Take care and God Bless.
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