Sunday: Father, forgive them (Luke 23:33-34)
The soldiers have nailed Jesus to the cross and hoisted it up. They sit beneath it waiting for the “criminals” to die. They are casting lots for the victims last possessions. Then come these powerful words, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
A prayer by Jesus not for himself but for others. Not “Help me” but “Help these others”.
Surely Jesus should have raged at the sinners who nailed him to the cross. Surely he should rage at us for the evil we do, knowingly and unknowingly. Yet compassion is there in the first words that he utters. Jesus prays for us.
How do you address God when you pray? What or for whom do you pray?
Do you find forgiveness easy or hard?
Pray the Lord’s Prayer.
Hymn: What wondrous love is this. HWB 530, vs 1-2
A prayer by Jesus not for himself but for others. Not “Help me” but “Help these others”.
Surely Jesus should have raged at the sinners who nailed him to the cross. Surely he should rage at us for the evil we do, knowingly and unknowingly. Yet compassion is there in the first words that he utters. Jesus prays for us.
How do you address God when you pray? What or for whom do you pray?
Do you find forgiveness easy or hard?
Pray the Lord’s Prayer.
Hymn: What wondrous love is this. HWB 530, vs 1-2
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