Pronounce the ‘Our Father’. And do not be afraid!
October 9, 2024
St. John Leonardi
Dear Family of Mary!
We have another short and to the point Gospel reading today!
Luke 11:1-4
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.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. They had been listening to Jesus for some time, but they still needed to understand how to talk to the Father as Jesus did. And so they asked Jesus to teach them the words.
The words He gave them were simple and to the point. He wanted them to address His Father and their Father! Imagine that!!!
And then he showed them how to pray for what was most important – daily bread, forgiveness from the Father and for their neighbor, and help for the final test.
Jesus taught them to pray, and it worked, because today we have the Church which teaches us how to pray in this very same way!!
Mother Mary also teaches us to pray and leads us to the Father:
January 2, 2020
“Dear children, I know that I am present in your lives and in your hearts. I feel your love, I hear your prayers and direct them to my Son.
But, my children, according to motherly love, I desire to be in the lives of all of my children. I desire to gather all of my children around me, beneath my motherly mantle.
This is why I am inviting you and calling you, apostles of my love, to help me.
My children, my Son pronounced the words of the ‘Our Father’- Our Father, [you] who are everywhere and in our hearts – because He desires to teach you to pray with words and feelings. He desires for you to always be better, to live merciful love which is prayer and limitless sacrifice for others.
My children, give to my Son love for your neighbors, give words of consolation, compassion and acts of justice to your neighbors. Everything that you give to others, apostles of my love, my Son accepts as a gift.
I am also with you, because my Son desires for my love, as a ray of light, to bring your souls to life; for me to help you in the search for peace and eternal happiness.
Therefore, my children, love one another, be united through my Son, be children of God who all together, with full, open and pure heart, pronounce the ‘Our Father’. And do not be afraid!
Thank you.”
Do not be afraid! Our Father has sent Mary, our Mother, to be with us in these days, to guide us into holiness of life, and life eternal in Heaven. Let’s pronounce the Our Father as Our Lady teaches us, so that we can go forward without fear into the Kingdom of God!
In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
