Reflection for THURSDAY, 11th Week, Ordinary Time
Today's Word
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore
Mathew 6:9 -10
This, then, is how you should pray:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Today's Reflection
In the Church, the official worship is called the liturgy, and there are three aspects of it.
There is the Mass, the celebration of the Sacraments and the Divine Office which is the Liturgy of the Hours.
The Mass is what we are most familiar with, and the format of the Mass is a standard ritual.
While the standard ritual of the Mass gives us a certainty and stability, some may find it rather rigid and even boring.
The liturgical law states that the essential parts of the Mass cannot be changed, and neither can there be additions or omissions.
That may bring us to reflect on what is said in the 1st reading about the essence of the gospel that St. Paul preached to the Corinthians.
He lamented that when someone came along and preached a so-called new message that was different from what St. Paul preached, the Corinthians welcomed it with open arms.
St. Paul stated that what he preached was the truth of Christ, and he preached it with love, regardless of how difficult or rigid it may seem to the Corinthians.
In the gospel, Jesus taught us a prayer that we are familiar with and it is the heart of all prayers.
All our prayers should flow from that prayer. That prayer should also lead us to forgive others and may we always find a deeper meaning for our lives in that prayer.
No matter how low we whisper, He hears!
No matter how silent be our prayer, He hears!
Resolution
Let this be our trust and confidence in our prayer life.
Let's resolve to throw ourselves, into the loving arms of our Heavenly Father!
GOD BLESS YOU 🙏
Good morning. Have a nice day.