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:
Have we
asked Jesus to teach us to pray? This is one of the most powerful petitions
that we could ever ask Jesus; to teach us how to pray. But do we pray
regularly? When we pray we connect with Jesus and when we pray we allow Jesus
to come to us and strengthen us.
Let us
observe our feelings before and after praying, isn’t it that we feel good after
we’ve prayed? The feeling of a person is different before and after prayer. Why
is this so? This is the miracle of our prayer to Jesus, it heals us body and
soul; it makes us accept the things that is hard for us to accept and it opens
our body and soul to infinite graces from God.
Starting
today let us begin our prayer with this humble petition for Jesus: Lord teach
us to pray and then we solemnly recite the prayer (The Our Father) that Jesus
taught us to pray. After praying the Our Father let us connect with Jesus
through our heart and mind. And before ending our prayers let us also ask the
Saint Joseph, The Blessed Mother and our favorite saint/s to pray for us.
If
exercise is for our bodies, our prayers are for our souls for it makes us have
an active and healthy relationship with Jesus. Therefore, the more we pray the
more that we make healthy our souls and the more we pray the less worries we
would have.
Prayer:
Lord
teach us to pray, teach us how to properly pray the prayer that you’ve taught
us. Give us the grace of the Holy Spirit
so that we could connect with you in our prayers. Give us the gift of
spontaneous prayer dear Lord and give us the grace of focus and concentration
when we pray. For there are times that our prayers come only from our mouths
and not from our hearts. Teach us how to pray O Lord. Amen. - Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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