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GOSPEL POWER l OCTOBER 6, 2021 l WEDNESDAY
GOSPEL POWER l OCTOBER 6, 2021 l WEDNESDAY
27th Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Lk 11:1-4 1
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
When Jesus responds to the explicit request of one of his disciples to be taught how to pray, he does not only offer an effective formula for obtaining one’s petitions. Prayer is, first and foremost, a relationship. So Jesus shares with his disciples, and with all of us today, his own intimacy with God whom he addresses as “Abba… Father” — a yet unknown way of relating with God. It is no longer as a remote and transcendent deity that the God-of-the-covenant is to be regarded, but as a caring, provident Father who is fully revealed in the gentle and compassionate person of his Son, Jesus.
Lord Jesus, only-begotten Son of God, in you we have the confidence to call God “Father.” Thank you for raising us to the dignity of God’s very own children. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l OCTOBER 6, 2021 l WEDNESDAY
27th Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Lk 11:1-4 1
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
When Jesus responds to the explicit request of one of his disciples to be taught how to pray, he does not only offer an effective formula for obtaining one’s petitions. Prayer is, first and foremost, a relationship. So Jesus shares with his disciples, and with all of us today, his own intimacy with God whom he addresses as “Abba… Father” — a yet unknown way of relating with God. It is no longer as a remote and transcendent deity that the God-of-the-covenant is to be regarded, but as a caring, provident Father who is fully revealed in the gentle and compassionate person of his Son, Jesus.
Lord Jesus, only-begotten Son of God, in you we have the confidence to call God “Father.” Thank you for raising us to the dignity of God’s very own children. Amen.