Gospel:
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.”
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Reflection:
Has
anyone asked you to teach him/her to pray? Or have you taught somebody to pray?
It’s an
honor and we experience a humbling feeling if somebody would ask us to teach
him/her to pray. Just like the same petition that the disciples of Jesus told
Him. But before we could expect people to ask us to teach them how to pray we
must learn to live our prayer first.
For
example if we pray for humility it is incumbent upon us to live humbly. If we
pray for forgiveness we should be forgiving as well. If we pray for peace in
our lives we should live a peaceful life. In other words we should always learn
to live our prayers before Jesus.
What will
force our fellowmen to ask us to teach them how to pray? We should ensure that
we live our prayers with humility. This is how Jesus lived His life; He always
ensured that His prayers are always accompanied by humble acts of faith.
Just like
Jesus, we too must see to it that we live what we pray or we walk our talk so
that others may see in us Jesus. We become like magnets for Jesus if we live
our prayers and we live it with humility.
Has
anyone asked you to teach him/her to pray? Or have you taught somebody to pray?
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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