Isaiah 55:10-11 / Matthew 6:7-15
The world usually puts its focus on quantity and size.
So the bigger the better. The more, the merrier. The higher, the happier.
So, in the end, the measurement is in numbers, percentages and profits.
Those will indicate the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of the work done.
But in the gospel, Jesus tells His disciples not to babble in their prayer and think that by using many words, they will make themselves heard.
He then taught them the prayer of the “Our Father”, a prayer that is short and simple enough even for children to recite it.
But that prayer is not just about being short and simple.
It has to be prayed with humility and charity.
We need to be humble to pray that simple prayer and not to impress others by saying many other prayers.
Prayer should also make us charitable and compassionate, and to forgive others their failings, just as we ask God for forgiveness.
Jesus taught us that prayer to help us come closer to God and to be like God in His love for us.
And just as God loves us, may we too love others, and may we keep praying that we grow deeper and stronger with God’s love.