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askedhim about it, he said, "Those are the
commandments I'm good at." We all had
a laugh but, in truth, the commandments
bear deeperreflection.
To pretendthat our obedienceofthe Ten
Commandments is limited to the literal
words themselves is spiritually shallow.
We may not havekilled someone,but have
we everthought how much better it would
be if someoneweren'tin our workplaceor
school?Have we everhated someonewith
a passionthat interfereswith our actions?
We maynot havestolen something from
God demandsa transformation that dealsnot
a retail store, but have we ever taken anything
that doesn't belong to us-ideas, suppliesfrom only with the wrong everyone can see,but with
work? These don't belong to us. Are there ways the subtle ways we violate God's laws and fail to
in which we really want what a friend has or fail love.
The middle of Lent is a good time for us to
to remain faithful in body, mind, and spirit? The
Ten Commandments impact us far more than examine-and repent of-all the ways in which
we do this.
we realize.
MARY KATHARINEDEELEY
In today's gospel, lesus demonstrates how
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far the moneychangers in the temple area have
strayed from the true spirit of the worship of
God. They probably hadn't given it much
thought-it was the way they'd always
done business. But their action made
things difficult for others.
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When the disciplesaskedthe Lordto teachthem to pray,he taught
them the prayerwe know asthe Our Father.Variousversionsof that
prayerappearin the gospelsof Matthewand Luke"
Theversionusedin the Church's
liturgiesisfrom Matthew6:5-13.
ln fact, citing St.ThomasAquinas'sSummaTheologiae,the Catechrsm
of the CatholicChurchcallsthe Lord'sPrayerthe most perfect prayer.
teachingus not only what thingsto prayfor in our prayerbut alsoin
what order or prioritywe shoulddesirethem. "lt is at the heartof
everyindividualand communalprayer"(2776).We praythe Our Father
bearingin mind and heartthe intimaterelationship
we havewith our
Godassonsand daughtersby adoptionthroughour baptism.
As for wording,it's importantto notethat, as in any language,the
lt's normaland
languagewe usefor prayersis a work in progress"
prayers
understandable
that the specificwordingof our
would reflect
prayer
makes
most
form
in
what
the
sensefor a
used a communal
setting-that's why we usepluralpronounsinsteadof the singular
pronounsusedin the gospelaccountof the Lord'steachinghis
disciples
to pray.
What'smostimportantisthat the substance
of the prayerreflects
prayer.
the samematterthe Lordusedin the
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