A modest proposal: Our Father

Today’s Gospel is one of the passages in which Jesus teaches His disciples the Lord’s prayer (aka the Our Father, aka the Pater Noster, aka ...). The passage is an indication that it is not the number of words that He listens to, but what is in our hearts. The Lord’s prayer is as much for our benefit as for His, in it we learn that He considers us family, that He will provide our needs (if asked), that He will protect us from the Fallen One, and it also provides a Golden Rule type of clause. This prayer is as much a conversation as an offering, it is a living set of words that will help bring to mind what we lack in our part as well as what we should be asking for. This is such an important prayer that we say it at mass, that we say it as part of the Divine Office, and that it is an integral part of many devotions (including, but not limited too, the rosary). As the psalm says ‘From all their distress, God rescues the just.’, it is appropriate that after we pray the Lord’s prayer at mass the priest prays for an end to anxiety. God truly does care, shouldn't we trust Him?

Here’s a thought:

our Father we love

forgive us as we forgive
gives us daily bread

God bless,

>P<

Joshua Fahey