archdiocesan shrine and parish of st. jude thaddeus, naga city | v.4, n.30 | issn 2599-5030 | 28 july to 03 august 2019
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Learn to pray
hen the disciples/apostles of Jesus come to our mind we almost always think of them as persons or saints who are always better-off than anybody else on prayer or matters pertaining to holiness. But in this 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel (Lk 11:1-13) story when one of Jesus’ disciples asked Him: “Lord teach us to pray . . .(Lk 11:1)“ which in itself is prayer already, we more or less can think that they (Jesus’ disciples) are not experts also in the act of praying. Like the Disciples of Jesus, we can learn to pray better. “Prayer” is most popularly understood ask favors from God that sometimes they as: “A way to communicate with God.” But are so preoccupied with asking from God when I chanced to read the teachings of St. that they don’t even realize that the things Teresa of Avila an eminent woman Doctor which they have asked from God had of the Church, she said in the first part of already been granted. Because God her book that, “Prayer is not certainly would like us to communicate to communication with God” and him always, maybe in a logical sense, God ended her book by saying that: will find ways in order that we SUNDAY “Prayer is a loving commuREFLECTION will always come to him by nication with God.” Indeed it will creating for us more needs and not be loving if we pray for the problems. Perhaps this is the reason why mishap of our enemies, it will not be loving we don’t run out of problems. if we curse or blame God because of our We take for granted that prayer can be unpleasant experiences. done with the intention to praise and There are at least four main ways to worship God—“Hallowed be Thy Name” pray according to intention which can be (adoration). Another intention to pray is represented through an anagram in order when we are sorry for the sins which we that we can easily remember them, the have committed and ask God, “forgive us ACTS: A for adoration, C for contrition, T our sins as we forgive those who sinned for thanksgiving and, S for supplication; or against us,” by this way we can pray and PACT: P for Petition in place of have the power to forgive because God has supplication, and the same for the rest. forgiven us first (contrition). Another It is quite conspicuous that prayer as gloomy side in our prayer life is the reality an act of supplication or Petition is the more that we often forget to thank God for the popular among believers. People tend to blessings we endlessly receive from him pray only when they would like to ask a (thanksgiving). favor from God, when they need We often experience that it seems that something or when they have problems to God does not answer our prayers. In truth solve. People ask and ask and continue to Learn to pray / third page
Domingo 17, Taon C “Maglikay kamo sa gabos na kapasluan…” babasahon i: qoh 1:2; 2:21-23 Hangaw kan mga hangaw! Iyo ini an mga inot na pataratara sa Libo ni Qohelet, asin 40 beses na inuutro sa bilog na libro. An mga bagay na nakakaulang sa satuyang relasyon sa kapwa asin sa Dyos, kadaklan na MGA BANHI beses, garong KAN TATARAMON hangaw na napapalid saná kan duros. Mga bagay na daing importansya alagad nagpapanô kan satong mga oras asin puso. babasahon 2: col 3:1-5, 9-11 Itinutukdo sato ni San Pablo an malinaw na pagkakaiba kan mga bagay na nasa taas asin nasa daga. Nin huli ta kita gabos binunyagan, riribayan ta an lumang gubing kan bagong gubing. Dai ta na isusulot an kaanggutan, kadagitan, karatan, balubagi, raway, asin kaputikan. An bagong gubing iyo an pagkabaing ta sa lawog nin Mahal na Dyos. ebanghelyo: lk 12:13-21 Sarong dakulang isyu ang kayamanan asin kadaihan sa komunidad ni Lukas. Kun kaya si Jesus may patanid sa mga naghahapot saiya kun ano an dapat gibuhon. “Maglikay kamo sa gabos na kapasluan.” Kabali digdi an daing kakuntentuhan asin daing untok na pagsamsam nin mga bagay o pagrurugaring. An mayaman sa parabula sarong ehemplo nin kapasaluan. An saiyang sadiri saná an mahalaga sa gabos. Iyo ini an kakulapusan nya, na magin sibot sa mga bagay na dagànon asin malingawan an mas urog na kayamanan na iyo an Dyos. paghurup-hurop 1. Ano an mga kapasluan ko sa buhay? 2. Ano an bisyo na pwede kong putulon nguyan tanganing maparani sa Mahal na Dyos? 7 fr. francis a. tordilla