“If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 30th January 2025 – MARK 4:21-25.
So, in the “The Lord’s Prayer”, that is the popular “Our Father” Prayer, there’s a part that says, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Further on, it says, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
Although, one may have never been to heaven, nevertheless, perceiving it from the nature of God, we may make board to say that, there are no viles, wiles and villains there, because God is perfect and everything around Him too, is perfect.
Therefore, we should judge by ourselves what we feel that the “will of God’ as it done in heaven will be.
If today we have already done something we know it cannot be tolerated in heaven, so, it will never happen there, it means the “Our Father” that we prayed this morning is a waste. It will be at best just a mouth exercise that we did.
Hence, by now, we should already know, as well, since we said it with our own mouth, if we still hold grudges against someone for any misdemeanour done us, that we too, would not be forgiven any of our many trespasses that we may have committed just since the start of today.
And, as stated in today’s teaching, “The measure we give, will be the measure that we will receive and more will be added.”
Therefore, if while coming out today, we took away an obstacle blocking free passage from the road, then, many obstacles will be cleared off our paths today and henceforth.
Alternatively, if we put obstacles on people’s paths, then, we already are aware of the consequences.
Dear friend, we must ensure that the actions of our everyday life do not render our prayer to be an exercise in futility.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
30th January 2025.