Jesus 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." 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 indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial." 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; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.' 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.' 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. "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. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? 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 to those who ask him!" Luke 11:1-13
Sunday, July 27th, 2025
Many of us cannot remember when we learned the Lord's Prayer. I don't remember really and when I learned it we said debts and debtors in place of trespasses and trespassers. It is so familiar to many of us yet we forget the context in which it was taught. We also forget the teaching that followed. Ask, seek and knock for the Creator, our Heavenly Father, is more ready to give than we are to ask. We often can cry out in pain and abandonment, in our grief and our fears, yet we often forget to pray, asking as a child to a loving parent. God is more good and gracious than we can ever imagine. God aches to hear us. May we, have the faith to keep up our prayer life, whispering or shouting, singing or weeping our prayers to a loving Creator, who is love.
A Litany for Sunday July 27th,2025
Loving Creator, you answer us in our hour of need
you draw near and restore our hope and dreams
and you breathe new life into our broken places.
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as your disciples prayed.
We do not seek you out in our times of great need
instead we scream and complain of being cursed
when in fact we are blessed by your love every day.
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as your disciples prayed.
The world is full of danger, sickness and woes
we wring our hands and sigh with discouragement
while we have the power to seek our most powerful God.
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as your disciples prayed.
You breathed and the world took shape and form
breathe on us again, Lord so we are made whole.
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as your disciples prayed.
Hear our prayers whether they are whispers or shouts
so we might know your love poured out for us.
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as your disciples prayed.
Give us your strength, lord, so we might always pray
trusting you are ready to hear and even more ready to answer.
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as your disciples prayed. Amen.
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