October 5, Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Readings: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14, Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
In today’s Gospel, one disciple asked Jesus how to pray. Jesus taught them “The Lord’s Prayer.” Let’s reflect on this powerful prayer in three parts: 1. Praising, 2. Supplication and 3. Reconciliation.
In the first part, “Hallowed be thy Name” is praising. Supplication should not be the only reason to come to church. Because We love God, we want to praise the glory of God, we want to give thanks for the graces we received from God. For these reasons, we come to Church. What are our blessings from God? Now we are still alive. We can eat, sleep, go and come. All of these are grace of God. We have to praise God for all the blessings which we have received.
Supplication. “Give us this day our daily bread.” When we ask God what we need, we are talking with God. We can share our feelings with God. We can ask God what we need. When we ask, we should ask without greed. We should ask what our daily needs are. God will not fulfil our prayer if we ask to win the lottery with greed. In the desert, God feeds the Israelites with manna, which they cannot keep for the next day. If they kept extra for the next day, the manna would be rotten. So, when we pray with humility and without greed, God will answer our prayers.
Reconciliation. “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” If we forgive others’ sins, God will forgive our sins. We can see in many places in the bible where God wants us to forgive others’ sins. While we are living in this world, we are journeying to the Judge who will judge our actions. On the journey, we need to reconcile with our rivals. “If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First, go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.” God asks us to reconcile with our neighbors before we offer the sacrifice.
Thus, we need to praise, ask and reconcile when we pray so that our prayer might be answered.
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