In his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d prayer. This time he focused on the third invocation \u201cthy will be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The pope said God's will is revealed in the \u201cperson of Jesus\u201d who seeks out and saves what is lost. He added God\u2019s will \u201cis indeed for the salvation of all mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Pope Francis stressed that this prayer inspires one to have the same desire for the Father's will as shown by Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Despite being \u201ccrushed by the world\u2019s wickedness\u201d Christ still abandons himself \u201cfaithfully to the Father\u2019s will.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The pope concluded by inviting Christians to have this same conviction that God will never abandon one. He said this is more than a hope it is a certainty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF POPE'S CATECHESIS <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Dear Brothers and Sisters, <\/p>\n<\/p>\n In our continuing catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d, we now turn to the third invocation, \u201cthy will be done\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n We see God\u2019s will revealed in the person of Jesus: to seek out and to save that which is lost. If we do not appreciate this we risk misunderstanding the meaning of the third aspect of the \u201cOur Father\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n We can affirm, however, without a doubt, that God\u2019s will is indeed for the salvation of all mankind. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Our prayer, then, is offered by children who know their Father\u2019s heart and are certain of his loving plan. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n This prayer, moreover, inspires in us the same desire for the Father\u2019s will as we see in Jesus, especially when, in the garden of Gethsemane, He prayed, \u201cFather, if you are willing, remove this chalice from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done\u201d (Lk 22:42).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Jesus is crushed by the world\u2019s wickedness, yet he abandons himself faithfully to the Father\u2019s will. We can do likewise, for the conviction that God will never abandon us is more than a hope. It is a certainty!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today\u2019s Audience, especially those from England, Belgium, Croatia, Norway, Nigeria, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America. With prayerful good wishes that this Lent will be a time of grace and spiritual renewal for you and your families, I invoke upon all of you joy and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d prayer. This time he focused on the third invocation \u201cthy will be done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9M0nn9iQIsw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienzaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienzaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}