Commentary
Jesus'
Two Prayers
Jesus
addresses God as “Holy Father” [1]
as he prays for his followers.
And
Jesus asks the Holy Father two things:
“You
keep them from the evil one.”
“Consecrate
them in the truth” The verb “consecrate” can also be
translated as “make [them] holy.”[2]
The
first prayer demands trust on our part – that God keeps us from
evil. In fact, we pray this every time we make the Lord's prayer our
own, “deliver us from evil.”
Two
attitudes are required on our part with the second prayer: humility
and openness. Humility to acknowledge that holiness and truth come
from God and God alone. [3] Openness to allow God's holiness and truth to
consecrate us.
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[1],
[2], &
[3] Frank
Moloney, This
is the Gospel of the Lord: Reflections of the Gospel Readings, Year
B.
Homebush, NSW, Australia: St. Paul Publications, 1993;
p. 126 – 127.
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