The Lord’s Prayer
http://graceandspace.org
Lk 11:1-4
1[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.” 2He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
3Give us each day our daily bread
4and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test.”
Reflection:
When
you pray. In our prayers, before we turn to ourselves for our needs,
let us first turn and return to God the glory, the honor, and obedience
that are due to God. Our prayers are not meant to bend the will of God.
Nor should our prayers be an attempt to compromise God’s ways with our
personal needs and desires. Our prayers should always lead us to submit
ourselves to God’s plan.
In
the Lord’s Prayer, we have six petitions grouped into two parts. The
first three petitions that make up the first part are the following:
“hallowed be your name,” “your kingdom come,” and, from Matthew’s
version, “your will be done” (Mt 6:10). These petitions are addressed to
God.
The
other three petitions are about us: “give us each day our daily bread,”
“forgive us our sins,” and “do not subject us to the final test.” They
speak about our needs and what we should do with our life and with
others. Let us take note of the pronouns in the plural form: “us” and
“our.” We stand as a community of persons before God our Father.
How many versions of the hymn
of the Lord’s Prayer do you know?
How well do you act out in daily life
the words of the prayer/hymn?
No comments:
Post a Comment