On March 22, 1995, at Saint Peter’s Basilica, as part of the Lenten liturgy, Pope John Paul II spoke the following words and followed them by singing the Pater Noster. While only one of many times, this one expresses his voice and song before age and infirmity made it more difficult for him to speak. The voice of the now canonized saint provides a moment of prayerful reflection and meditation.
St. John Paul, Intercede for Us!
Here is a translation of the YouTube:
NOTE: Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh’ma Yisrael; Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל; “Hear, O Israel”) is a Jewish prayer, and is also the first two words of a section of the Torah, and is the title (better known as The Shema) of a prayer that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.
Abba Pater
Turn to us with Mercy, Lord; we have sinned against you. Lenten liturgy
You did not received a spirit of slavery,/but you have received a spirit of adoption.
enabling us to cry out, “Abba Father.” Roman 8:15
“You are my son, today I have begotten you.: Psalm 2:7
I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. 2 Samuel 7: 14
These are prophetic words. They speak of God, who is the Father in the highest and most authentic sense of the word.
Isaiah says: “Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.”
Isaiah 64:8
Shema Israel!
Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me. ” Can a woman forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forsake you. Isaiah 49: 14-15
Shema Israel!
It is significant that in the passages from the prophet Isaiah the paternity of God is filled with images inspired by maternity. Jesus refers again and again to the paternity of God in regard to mankind by alluding to numerous passages contained in the Old Testament.
For Jesus, God is not only the Father of Israel and the Father of mankind, but also his Father and my Father.
(And what follows is the Our Father sung in Latin by Pope John Paul II.)
Attende, Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi.
Liturgia quaresimale
Non enim accepistis spiritum servitutis
sed accepistis spiritum adoptionis filiorum
in quo clamamus: Abb Pater.
Romani 8,15
Tu sei mio figlio, io oggi ti ho generato.
Salmo 2,7
Io gli sar Padre ed Egli mi sar Figlio.
2 Sam 7,14
Sono parole profetiche: esse parlano di Dio, che Padre nel senso
pi alto e pi autentico della parola. Dice Isaia: “Signore, tu sei nostro Padre: noi siamo argilla e tu Colui
che ci d forma; tutti noi siamo opera delle tue mani”.
Isaia 64,8
Shema Israel!
Sion ha detto: “Il Signore mi ha abbandonato, il Signore mi ha
dimenticato”. Si dimentica forse una donna del suo bambino? Anche se ci fosse una donna che si dimenticasse, io invece
non ti abbandoner mai.
Isaia 49,14-15
Shema Israel!
significativo che nei brani del profeta Isaia la paternit di Dio si
arricchisca di connotazioni che si ispirano alla maternit.
Ges annuncia molte volte la paternit di Dio nei riguardi degli uomini
riallacciandosi alle numerose espressioni contenute nell’Antico Testamento.
Per Ges, Dio non solamente il Padre d’Israele, il Padre degli
uomini, ma il Padre suo, il Padre mio.
Udienza generale, Citt del Vaticano, 16 ottobre 1985
Pater noster qui es in coelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum,
fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in coelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostri,
et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo.
Matteo 6,9-13
San Pietro, Roma, 22 marzo 1995
