Gospel: Matthew
6:7-15
(Jesus said to his disciples) “In praying, do
not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their
many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask
him. “This is how you are to pray:
‘Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’
“If you
forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But
if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your
transgressions.”
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Reflection:
How do
you pray? Do you pray with a set of structured prayer such as the Our Father,
Hail Mary, Glory be and many other prayers? Nothing is wrong with these prayers
for it brings you closer to God. What is important is, when you pray you dive
inside your prayer this means that your whole being is in communion with your
prayer.
There is
no wrong with our spontaneous/personal prayers for these are prayers that
originate deep in our hearts. Our whole
beings are with our prayer, and by doing so we establish our connection with
the Good Lord.
So we
know how to pray and that is very good! But let us think about the many others
who do not know how to pray (There are many of them). Perhaps we can make it
our mission in life to teach them how to pray and in the process introduce them
to Jesus.
Let us do
something about this and let us also share this prayer that was taught by Jesus
to His disciples. We become productive followers of Jesus when we pay forward
whatever we know about Jesus most especially this prayer that HE taught us to
pray.
Have you
shared the Our Father prayer? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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