4 We Pray for the Coming Of

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We pray for the coming of the

Kingdom as Jesus taught us…

Prepared by:Richard G. Pazcoguin

UST Institute of Religion



•GOD IS “ABBA, FATHER” – God, through

Jesus Christ, has entered into a verypersonal and intimate relationship withhumanity, enabling us to call him “Father”.

•WE ARE ALL “CHILDREN”- The kingdom ofheaven belongs to the child-like: humble,simple, transparent, totally dependent onGod.

•GOD’S LOVE IS UNIVERSAL – God is “Our

Father”, the common Father of the entire

human race. Every other person is a brotheror sister in Christ.



• I AM WHO AM – The Name of God was the representation of who Heis. To respect the Holy Name is to respect its bearer.

• THE GREAT UNSPEAKABLE – The Hebrews gave utmost reverenceto the name of God, that pronouncing the Holy Name aloud wasdeemed as sacrilegious.

• A TRADITION KEPT – Jesus wanted his disciples to continue ongiving supreme reverence to God’s Holy Name.

• ONLY GOD CAN SAVE – We hallow the name of God because He

alone can save us.



This petition is the heart of the Lord’sPrayer. What this petition means is spelled

out by the succeeding petitions. When wepray “YOUR KINGDOM COME”, we pray fora world where:

•God’s will is obeyed

•There is enough for everyone

•There is fullness of relationship

•Evil is rendered powerless



•“KAGUSTUHAN NG DIYOS!”- We sometimes tend to justify the evil things around us as God’s will, not

realizing that many of the evils in society are caused byour wrong choices.

•NOT “BAHALA NA” – To pray “Your will be done” does

not mean we will be passive and just let God do

everything. Jesus is in fact teaching us that it is up to uswhether or not and to what extent we will allow God to dohis work in our lives.•JESUS’ PRAYER – This is the same prayer that Jesusprayed in Gethsemane. We pray NOT TO IMPOSE on Godour will. Rather, we pray so that OUR WILL WOULD BE IN

COMMUNION WITH HIS WILL.



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THE GREAT PROVIDER – God is the source of allgoodness. His bounty is greater than all human needs.

•“GIVE US” – Since God is our common Father, we praynot merely for ourselves, but also for our brothers andsisters that they may also have their “daily bread”.

•“THIS DAY”- Jesus calls our attention to the present

moment – the past cannot be changed, the future is yetto come, but there are enough blessings this day tothank God for.•“OUR DAILY BREAD” – We pray for the things we needto sustain life, and for the graces that make life worthliving.



•MERCIFUL FATHER – The Father’s mercy is

greater than all the sins of humanity.

•“DEBT” AND “TRESSPASSES” – Our sins refer toboth “what we owe God” (a shortcoming) and

“the wrong we have done”.

•FORGIVE TO BE FORGIVEN – No one can reallyexperience divine forgiveness unless one learns toforgive others. It is in the very act of forgivingothers that we come to understand and accept theforgiveness of God.



INEVITABLE HARDSHIPS – We experience evileither because of our wrong use of God’s gifts, or

because we become victims of the wrong choicesof others, or because of things in nature that arebeyond our control. While not willed by God for us,

these evils, in many ways, “test” our faith in God. GOD WILL RESCUE US – Jesus, through thisprayer, is teaching us that hard tests will surelycome our way, but we can always ask God for thestrength and courage to endure them when theycome.



AMA NAMIN, SUMASALANGIT KA.SAMBAHIN ANG NGALAN MO.

MAPASA-AMIN ANG KAHARIAN MO.SUNDIN ANG LOOB MO

DITO SA LUPA PARA NANG SA LANGIT.

BIGYAN MO KAMI NGAYONNG AMING KAKANIN SA ARAW-ARAW

AT PATAWARIN MO KAMISA AMING MGA SALA

PARA NANG PAGPAPATAWAD NAMINSA MGA NAGKAKASALA SA AMIN

AT HUWAG MO KAMINGIPAHINTULOT SA TUKSO

AT IADYA MO KAMI SA LAHAT NG MASAMA.SAPAGKAT SAYO NAGMUMULA

ANG KAHARIAN, AT KAPANGYARIHANAT ANG KALUWALHATIAN

MAGPASAWALANG-HANGGAN.

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