Today’s Daily Gospel Reflection

October 9, 2024

Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:1-4
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Gospel

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.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test.”

Gospel Reflection

Andrea (Theis) Cruz ’22 M.Div.
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Every night, I repeat the Lord’s prayer over and over until I fall asleep. It’s a trick I learned from my mom, who taught me that it is the easiest way to clear my mind of that day’s events, stressors, and anxieties. As I pray it over and over, I notice that, at first, I start to lose my spot and have to start over; then the words themselves become a little jumbled, and before I know it, I am sleeping soundly.

This prayer is often one of the first we learn as children, and it makes sense! These words are Jesus’ response to the request, “teach us how to pray.” This foundational prayer has provided familiarity and comfort throughout my life and has been my go-to when I have no better words. Yet, I have come to realize that the very familiarity that makes this prayer so dear to me is also what sometimes keeps the reality of this message from genuinely sinking in.

In giving us this prayer, Jesus teaches us to pray with a profound awe of the Lord and faith in the grace of God’s will as we live out each day. He teaches us to recognize how we fall short and hurt others and to ask humbly that we may one day join God in heaven. When we pray this, we acknowledge the grandeur and majesty of the God who loves us deeply, who desires goodness for all of creation but also each of us by name, who sustains us in every moment, who wants us to love a little better every day, who challenges us to forgive those who hurt us, who still forgives us when we fall short of that, and who wants nothing more than to call us home to God’s presence.

Prayer

Members of the Holy Cross Novitiate

Father of Mercies, you sent your Son, Jesus Christ, to teach us to approach you as children to a loving Father. Give all people the courage to acknowledge you as their Father, so that your Word may spread to all the nations and bring peace and unity. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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