Shadowing Practice: Praying to the Father in the Son — Sunday, July 5, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is Catholic Daily Reflections for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.
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Today's reflection is entitled, praying to the Father in the Son.
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At that time, Jesus exclaimed, I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth.
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For although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned, you have revealed them to little ones.
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Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
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All things have been handed over to me by my father.
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No one knows the Son except the Father,
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and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.
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Matthew 11 :1 -2 25 to 27.
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This passage beautifully summarizes the entire Christian life.
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the life to which we are called and in which we find our purpose, meaning, and ultimate fulfillment.
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Jesus begins by offering praise to the Father, Lord of heaven and earth.
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Though Jesus himself is fully God, one in being with the Father, co -eternal and consubstantial.
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He nevertheless offers praise to the Father,
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In the original Greek, The phrase: I give praise to you.
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"examalogea mai," indicates an open,
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public, and full acknowledgement by the Son of the Father's sovereignty and gracious will.
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The Father is the all -powerful Lord of all that exists.
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everything in the heavens and on earth.
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Jesus expresses this fundamental stance toward the Father for two reasons.
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First, because it is eternally true,
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and second, so that we might humble ourselves and join him in praying the same prayer.
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through, with, and in Jesus.
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This prayer closely parallels the opening of the Lord's Prayer,
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the Our Father, because both begin with a direct acknowledgement and praise of the Father's holiness and sovereignty.
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The Lord's Prayer is the perfect prayer precisely because it was given to us by Jesus himself.
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Thank you.
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After addressing the Father, it presents seven petitions.
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According to Saints Thomas Aquinas and Augustine,
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The first two petitions hallowed be thy name and thy kingdom come reveal the central purpose of our lives.
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to glorify God eternally and to be caught up in
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and actively participate in that glory by becoming full members of his kingdom.
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In today's prayer, Jesus says, "These things have been revealed to little ones,
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and that the Son can choose to reveal the Father to whom He wishes."
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We are drawn into Jesus' prayer and intimate relationship with the Father precisely when Jesus reveals the Father to us.
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No one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.
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Because Jesus deeply desires that we come to know and love the Father with the same love he has for him,
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His prayer continues by gently inviting us especially when burdened by weariness,
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weakness, or sin, to lay our burdens down before His merciful power and glory.
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"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11 :28
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This tender invitation reveals Jesus' deepest desire for us that we would enter into His love for the Father,
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share intimately in the union between Father and Son, and thus magnify and glorify the Most Holy Trinity.
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not only in our earthly journey, but eternally in heaven.
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Indeed, what a sublime and glorious calling we have received.
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Reflect today upon this beautiful prayer, knowing in your heart that Jesus himself invites you to pray it with him,
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through him and in him.
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he longs for his voice to resonate within your voice his love to beat within your heart
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and his holy desires to shape your own
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Turn your gaze toward the Father he who is both the source and ultimate goal of your existence,
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and strive lovingly and humbly to accomplish all things according to his gracious and holy will.
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Let us pray.
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Our Father, you who dwell in the heavens and within the souls of your sanctified ones,
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May your eternal essence, your holy name, "The One who was, who is, and who is to come,
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the Great I Am, be honored, praised, and glorified forever.
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May this glorification shine forth in my life.
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in the lives of all your faithful as we await with joyful hope the return in glory of your Son,
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Jesus our Savior, when you, together with Him and the Holy Spirit,
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will establish the new heavens and the new earth.
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Jesus, I trust in you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “Praying to the Father in the Son — Sunday, July 5, 2026”. Las palabras que más se repiten: father, Jesus, prayer, reveal, heaven. Este vídeo tiene 60 frases y 733 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:35. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 111 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
eternally adverbio/ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/eternamente
glorify verbo/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/glorificar
acknowledgment sustantivo/əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/reconocimiento
sovereignty sustantivo/ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/soberanía
consubstantial adjetivo/ˌkɑnsəbˈstænʃəl/consustancial
earthly adjetivo/ˈəːθli/terrenal
exclaim verbo/ɛkˈskleɪm/exclamar
glorification sustantivoglorificación
hallow verbo/ˈhæloʊ/santificar
holiness sustantivo/ˈhoʊlinəs/santidad
humbly adverbio/ˈhʌmbli/humildemente
intimately adverbio/ˈɪntɪmətli/íntimamente
joyful adjetivo/ˈd͡ʒɔɪfl̩/alegre, gozoso
lovingly adverbioamorosamente
magnify verbo/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/magnificar

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis entitled · have been handed · are called
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave hidden · has been · have been handed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: gracious /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/, consubstantial /ˌkɑnsəbˈstænʃəl/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: eternally /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/, acknowledgment /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, sovereignty /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/, consubstantial /ˌkɑnsəbˈstænʃəl/, intimately /ˈɪntɪmətli/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strive /ˈstɹaɪv/, stance /stæns/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: sovereignty /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/, strive /ˈstɹaɪv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: resonate /ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/, summarize /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/, gaze /ɡeɪz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como eternally, glorify, acknowledgment.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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