*Sacred Scripture* The Return of Hagar – Cortona
Hagar, the mistress of Abraham and mother of Ishmael, is depicted here as returning to the house of the patriarch while an angel and Sarah, wife of Abraham, look on. Artwork P. Cortona
Gn 16:6-11
6Abram told Sarai: “Your maid is in your power. Do to her what you regard as right.” Sarai then mistreated her so much that Hagar ran away from her.
7The LORD’s angel* found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the road to Shur,e
8and he asked, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”
9But the LORD’s angel told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.
10I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the LORD’s angel, “that they will be too many to count.”f
11Then the LORD’s angel said to her:
“You are now pregnant and shall bear a son;
you shall name him Ishmael,*
For the LORD has heeded your affliction.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/16
Saying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.
1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel:
*While you are on this earth, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks.
2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias:
*They began to sing hymns of praise, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them.
3-A simple Jesus prayer:
*Lord, Lord, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful.
4-Another prayer:
*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God.
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Mk 10:14–15