Paternoster rosary, 1.2. Luke 10:21

"At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."
I tend to note one or more of the following from this verse. One is that Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit. Another is the titles by which Jesus addresses God. Yet another is the grace of revelation.
Any or all of these tend to draw me into worship as I contemplate them. In the first case, the recognition that the same Spirit is at work in me [not to the same degree in terms of my responsiveness, admittedly] and that the Spirit creates praise and worship within us. It is connected, too, to the thought that we name God 'Father' by the power of the Holy Spirit takeng from what is Christ's and giving it to us.

Jesus addresses God not only as Father but also as 'Lord of heaven and earth', which is pretty much a traditional Hebrew way to address God in prayer and so links to the hallowing of the name in the Lord's prayer. It's a title that emphasises God's majesty, 'bigness', and authority. It could be linked to the "in heaven" bit of the Lord's prayer.

The rest of this verse deals with the fact that God reveals his ways not to those who tend to get all the insights and work at it but to those who have not even the means to be clever about spiritual things. This is important in reminding us that the kindom of God is open to all not just clever religious professionals or castes or ascetics. It's not about desert at all, otherwise we none of us stand a chance of knowing God as 'Father' in any really meaningful way; it's about God's will to reach out to everyone, not just or even principally to those thought best able to understand God's ways. Grace is about giving to us what we have not -cannot- earn. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.
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