Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Jesus teaches to pray the “Our Father”


October 7, 2015

Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time 

Feast of the Church : Our Lady of the Rosary - Memorial 

Saint of the day : Saint Mark, pope (336) 


Readings

                                    
1But this was greatly displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. 2"I beseech you, LORD," he prayed, "is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish. 3And now, LORD, please take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." 4But the LORD asked, "Have you reason to be angry?"

5Jonah then left the city for a place to the east of it, where he built himself a hut and waited under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city. 6And when the LORD God provided a gourd plant, that grew up over Jonah's head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was very happy over the plant.

7But the next morning at dawn God sent a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8And when the sun arose, God sent a burning east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah's head till he became faint. Then he asked for death, saying, "I would be better off dead than alive."

9But God said to Jonah, "Have you reason to be angry over the plant?" "I have reason to be angry," Jonah answered, "angry enough to die."

10Then the LORD said, "You are concerned over the plant which cost you no labor and which you did not raise; it came up in one night and in one night it perished.

11And should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot distinguish their right hand from their left, not to mention the many cattle?"


3Be gracious to me, Lord; to you I call all the day. 4Gladden the soul of your servant; to you, Lord, I lift up my soul.a

5Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.6LORD, hear my prayer; listen to my cry for help.c

9All the nations you have made shall come to bow before you, Lord, and give honor to your name.10For you are great and do wondrous deeds; and you alone are God.


1He 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."


Notes on Readings:

A). Jonah 4:1- He became angry: because of his narrowly patriotic cruelty, who did not wish the Lord to forgive the Ninevites. 

B). Jonah 4:6 - Gourd plant: the Hebrew word, kikayon means here a wide-leafed plant of the cucumber or castor-bean variety.

C). Jonah 4:10-11 - Jonah is selfish in lamenting his personal loss of a shady gourd plant without any concern over the menace of loss of life to the Ninevites through the city’s destruction. If God in His munificence provided the plant for his prophet without the latter's effort or merit, much more that he is eager to show love and mercy toward all men, Jew and Gentile, with a heart that repents of sins and beseech His pardon. God's divine intervention is also shown here to extend even to animals.

D). Luke 11:1-4 - The Matthean form of the "Our Father" occurs in the "Sermon on the Mount" Matthew 6:9-15); the shorter Lucan version is taken while Jesus is at prayer (see the footnote on Luke 3:21) and His disciples ask Him to teach them to pray just as John taught his disciples to pray. In answer to their question, Jesus introduces on them the example of a Christian communal prayer that underscores the fatherhood of God and recognizes Him as the one to whom the Christian disciple owes daily provisions (Luke 11:3), forgiveness (Luke 11:4),  and deliverance from the final trial (Luke 11:4) . See also the footnotes on  (Matthew 6:9-13.

E). Luke 11:2 - Your kingdom come: in place of this petition, some early church Fathers account: "May your holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us," a pleading that may mirror the use of the "Our Father" in a baptismal liturgy.

F). Luke 11:3-4 - Daily bread: see the footnote on Matthew 6:11. The final test: see the footnote on  Matthew 6:13

For commentary, you may check here

Reference:  The New American Bible 

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Dear Humanity,

I personally encourage everyone to emulate JESUS' values on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
and CHARITY, as the humanity has been a failure; which resulted to the more than two (2) years of pandemic and its after-effects on economy, not only here in the Philippines but worldwide.

And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.

Thank you and may GOD bless you and the whole family to have an enjoyed life's journey at home, Church, schools/universities, corporate commitments, public and places of interest.