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Thursday 20 June

Thursday 20 June

Jun 20, 2019

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Chasing Butterflies

Chasing Butterflies

By Eric Nordhoff (Quietime)

Quietime: Devotion | © Quietime™ Music. All rights reserved.

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The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer

By Kyiv Chamber Choir

Archbishop Ionafan: Liturgy of Peace | Magnatune

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Today is Thursday, the 20 June, in the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time.

The Kyiv Chamber Choir sing a setting of the Lord’ s Prayer.

Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew.

'Do not heap up empty phrases'--are there ever times when religious language just seems empty to you?

Where do you think God is in that sort of experience?

Now listen again to the familiar prayer (even if the words are slightly altered). Notice how it starts with God: with praise, with longing for the Kingdom, and with an acceptance of what God desires. Only secondly does it focus on our needs for food, for forgiveness and for protection.

Luke's Gospel tells us that the Our Father is Jesus's answer to the disciples' request: 'Lord, teach us to pray'. Perhaps you might spend a few minutes now making that same request--'teach me to pray'-- and try to listen in case the Lord is inviting you to make a chnage.