A Poem a
Sunday
Pentecost 10
– C - July 24, 2016
St. Luke
11:1-13 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Lord’s
Prayer
11 He was
praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples
said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He
said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father,[a] hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.[b]
3 Give us each day our daily bread.[c]
4 And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”[d]
Your kingdom come.[b]
3 Give us each day our daily bread.[c]
4 And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”[d]
Perseverance
in Prayer
5 And he said
to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and
say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 for a
friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7 And
he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked,
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 I
tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is
his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him
whatever he needs.9 “So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for[e] a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit[f] to those who ask him!”
Footnotes:
- Luke
11:2
Other ancient authorities read Our Father in
heaven
- Luke
11:2
A few ancient authorities read Your Holy
Spirit come upon us and cleanse us. Other ancient authorities add Your
will be done, on earth as in heaven
- Luke
11:3
Or our bread for tomorrow
- Luke
11:4
Or us into temptation. Other ancient
authorities add but rescue us from the evil one (or from evil)
- Luke
11:11
Other ancient authorities add bread, will
give a stone; or if your child asks for
- Luke
11:13
Other ancient authorities read the Father
give the Holy Spirit from heaven
New Revised
Standard Version (NRSV) New Revised Standard Version
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“Lord,
Teach Us to Pray”
Prayers are
often
Santa Claus
wishes.
I am told
the answers
come in
threes:
“Yes”
“Wait”
“Maybe” (probably No)
And so our
piety
confirms the
‘Give me’
center.
But what if
prayer is presence
and creation
is in a constant
state of prayer?
What if
prayer is about
connecting
to the flow
of God’s
universe
within and
‘out there’?
What if
prayer
is the
nearness of the Kingdom
and not
about me
and my
self-centered ways?
But centered
in a mystery,
a presence,
a companion,
a God who
‘writes
straight with crooked lines.’?
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