Matthew 6
Today JEsus teaches us to pray, "Our Father who are in HEaven, Hallowed be thy name....thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."
This prayer according to St. Augustin is a compendium of the gospel. IT teaches us everything we need to know and do in order to follow Christ faithfully.
St Cyprian reminds us as we pray, "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" that we should be reminded that God's will is done in us. His will is to be done in us and we cannot do this without his strength, his help, his protection. JEsus is the one in the garden that shows us the way; his agony is the preparation and educational tool necessary for us to understand how to surrender so that God's will shall be made known in and through us.
What is the will of God according to St. Cyprian,
"Humility in our daily lives, an unwavering faith, a moral sense of modesty in conversation, justice in acts, mercy in deed, discipline, refusal to harm others, a readiness to suffer harm, peacebleness with our brothers, a whole hearted love of the Lord, loving in him what is of the Father, fearing him because he is God, preferring nothing to him who preferred nothing t us, clinging tenaciously to his love, standing by his cross with loyalty and courage whenever there is any conflict involving his honor or name, manifesting in our speech the constancy of our profession and under torture confidence for the fight, and in dying the endurance for which we will be crowned-this is what it means to be a coheir with Christ, to keep God's command: this is what it means to do the will of the Father."
St. Cyprian pray for us.
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