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 a
humbling experience 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 humility as well. 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 move
our fellowmen to ask us to teach them how to pray? We should ensure that we
live our faith and we are humble at all times. 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
2 comments:
Very good reflection thank you so much
you're welcome and God bless you!
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