Jesus' Prayer for the Protection from Evil

GOSPEL THOUGHTS

*Easter Season: Seventh Week : Wednesday*

*Gospel : Jn 17:11b-19*

*First Reading : Acts 20:28-38*

*Jesus' Prayer for the Protection from Evil*

*1) Keep them from the Evil One*

In today's Gospel, Jesus makes a long prayer for his disciples

In this prayer, Jesus many tines makes a  mention about the protection of his disciples 

Especially Jesus makes a mention about the protection from the Evil one and Jesus prays to the Father for the  protection of his disciples from the Evil one 

*2) Lords Prayer and Safety from Evil one*

The Lord's Prayer is one of the beautiful and most popular prsyers taught by Jesus 

In this prayer Jesus also teaches us to pray for the deliverance from tnd Evil 

This shows how important it is to have protection from the evil one and how in this regard prayer works

*3) Adam and the Evil one*

When Adam and Eve was created by God and kept in the Garden of Eden, they were tempted by the evil one 

Satan made false promises and finally it trapped Adam and Eve and made them to go against God 

Because of the Evil one, Adam and Eve were put out of the Garden of Eden

*4) Jesus and the Evil one*

When Jesus spent 40 days and 40 nights in the desert, the Evil one came to tempt him 

Since, Jesus was filled with the Power of the Holy Spirit, He was able to challenge the evil one 

The evil one could not tempt Jesus and finally it went away with out doing anything to Jesus 

This was possible because of the power of the prayer 

*5) Modern World and the Evil one*

Modern world appears to be very colourful. 

It is more tempting in every area. The evil one is using every morden Gadget for tempting the human bring 

So one needs to be more careful in the modern World 

*6) Prayer : A tool against the Evil one*

From prayer and teachings of Jesus it is very clear that only prayer can defeat the evil one 

The evil one has no power before the prayer 

So Jesus is asking all of us to pray at all time. He says pray that you may not fall into to temptation

To fight against the evil one, prayer is the best tool. 

Am I familiar with this tool? 

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim DSouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*