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Tuesday of
the 1st week of Lent
The Institute
February 16, 2016
1 Side of Lord’s Prayer ++++++++++++++++++++++
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In
Gospel J frames teaching of the Lord’s Prayer and kind of sandwiches it between
two lessons
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Prior
to teaching the Prayer itself, he warns against thinking that R prayer has 2B
lots of words
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I
love his expression, “Do not babble like
the pagans”
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So,
he wants R prayer 2B sincere, direct, & from heart
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Even
praying set prayers, as at Mass or Office or rosary, even there, cautions us 2 make
sure we’re into praying & that it’s coming from w/i
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That’s
what counts, not number of words we recite
OTHER SIDE OF LORD’S PRAYER +++++++++++++++++
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Then,
right after teaching his Prayer, the Lord’s Prayer, he gives us lesson on importance
of forgiveness
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And
this lesson seems to underline the part of the Lord’s Prayer where we ask God 2
forgive us as we forgive 1 another
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The
thought is that we cannot pray for a closer union with God when we are
responsible for a lack of union with someone else, particularly someone who’s
sinned
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Prayer
cannot be genuine when we are isolated or cut off from others and when there is
something we could do to remedy the situation
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Another
way of putting it is that there must be a consistency between our praying and
our relating to others
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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So,
even the Lord’s Prayer, as important as it is:
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Is
prepared for it by our making it heartfelt
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And
is followed up by forgiving everyone from our heart
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Think
of it as a sandwich comprised of the filling, bounded by two slices of bread
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All
three parts are essential
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