May 10, 2016 Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 20:17–27 Gospel: Jn 17:1–11
Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; give glory to your Son, that the Son may give glory to you. You have given him power over all mortals, and you want him to bring eternal life to all you have entrusted to him. For this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the One you sent, Jesus Christ.“I have glorified you on earth and finished the work that you gave me to do. Now, Father, give me in your presence the same Glory I had with you before the world began.“I have made your name known to those you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they kept your word. And now they know that all you have given me comes indeed from you. I have given them the teaching I received from you, and they received it and know in truth that I came from you; and they believe that you have sent me.“I pray for them; I do not pray for the world but for those who belong to you and whom you have given to me—indeed all I have is yours and all you have is mine—and now they are my glory. I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world whereas I am going to you. Holy Father, keep them in your Name (that you have given me,) so that they may be one, just as we are.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life
Experience)
Today’s GOSPEL reading is a beautiful prayer Jesus addressed to his Father. Notice that it follows the same pattern as the “The Lord’s Prayer” (TLP for brevity). As in the TLP Jesus also addresses God as “Father”, glorifies Him lavishly, makes reference to the doing of His will, and asks for deliverance from evil. The conclusion is obvious: In praying, Jesus also followed the pattern of the official prayer he taught his disciples.
May this be the pattern of all our prayers without being selective! Some mangle the prayer and choose only that part that suits them. For example, when the sinful situation is hard to resist, they pray “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” They justify their submission to temptation by saying that the temptation could have been God-sent. This is sheer manipulation of the TLP, a desecration of the prayer that Jesus personally taught his disciples. If we have to chop the prayer we should pray the right portion at the right occasion. When tempted, our prayer should be “do not bring us to the test but deliver us from evil”. This binds us not to expose ourselves to occasions of sin.
How blessed we are to share with Jesus the privilege of praying to God as his children addressing him as our “Father”.—(Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM, MAPM, MMExM, REB, Email:dan.delosangeles@gmail.com.
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