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It's on the first line (Wednesday 27th Week Ordinary Time 2020)
Luke 11
The Jewish people of the ancient time had 613 commandments. Moses gave these laws to Israel. Now, the New Moses, Jesus, proclaims a new commandment. This new law is simple. Love your God and your neighbours.
Similarly, Jesus teaches his disciples a simple prayer when one of them asked how to pray. In this short prayer, Jesus teaches the most critical faith of Christianity. The first phrase, Our Father, reveals it. Different peoples, cultures, and religions have many ideas and images of deity. But as we see in the Lord's Prayer, Christian God is the Father of his children. Christ is not merely a hero-saviour. Christ Jesus is the true Son of the Father God and the true human brother of mankind. The Father and the Son are not metaphors. Likewise, the invocation, Our Father, is not a metaphor, either. When Christ Jesus took human flesh and was born of the Blessed Virgin, he became our true brother. When we participate in his death and resurrection through baptism, we are reborn as his Father’s children. We are now not only brothers of Christ in human flesh but also brothers of Christ in spirit because the same Holy Spirit dwells in Christ and us. That is why we call God our Father, and this invocation is real and true.
As God is the Father, his children don’t have to ask for too many things. As he is in heaven, his children are destined to heaven. Because he is our Father, we are also his heirs. Daily bread is enough for us here on earth. What we hope on earth is that our Father’s will is realized here on earth. What we are waiting for is the coming of our Father’s kingdom. Because he is our Father, we can ask for forgiveness. Because he is our loving Father, we ask him to deliver us from evil.
When we pray the Lord's Prayer, we pray just as his Son, Christ Jesus, used to pray. How privileged we are! Let us be thankful to God, our Father, who called us to become His children in Christ. Let us once again call upon his Name: Our Father!
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By Fr Swann KimLuke 11
The Jewish people of the ancient time had 613 commandments. Moses gave these laws to Israel. Now, the New Moses, Jesus, proclaims a new commandment. This new law is simple. Love your God and your neighbours.
Similarly, Jesus teaches his disciples a simple prayer when one of them asked how to pray. In this short prayer, Jesus teaches the most critical faith of Christianity. The first phrase, Our Father, reveals it. Different peoples, cultures, and religions have many ideas and images of deity. But as we see in the Lord's Prayer, Christian God is the Father of his children. Christ is not merely a hero-saviour. Christ Jesus is the true Son of the Father God and the true human brother of mankind. The Father and the Son are not metaphors. Likewise, the invocation, Our Father, is not a metaphor, either. When Christ Jesus took human flesh and was born of the Blessed Virgin, he became our true brother. When we participate in his death and resurrection through baptism, we are reborn as his Father’s children. We are now not only brothers of Christ in human flesh but also brothers of Christ in spirit because the same Holy Spirit dwells in Christ and us. That is why we call God our Father, and this invocation is real and true.
As God is the Father, his children don’t have to ask for too many things. As he is in heaven, his children are destined to heaven. Because he is our Father, we are also his heirs. Daily bread is enough for us here on earth. What we hope on earth is that our Father’s will is realized here on earth. What we are waiting for is the coming of our Father’s kingdom. Because he is our Father, we can ask for forgiveness. Because he is our loving Father, we ask him to deliver us from evil.
When we pray the Lord's Prayer, we pray just as his Son, Christ Jesus, used to pray. How privileged we are! Let us be thankful to God, our Father, who called us to become His children in Christ. Let us once again call upon his Name: Our Father!