Let us not try to fit prayer into our day. Rather, let us fit our day around prayer. Let us give priority to prayer, and our day will be different when it begins with prayer. And gradually we will learn that the Holy Spirit prays through us...." with groans that words cannot express."
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF
THE OUR FATHER?
Jesus taught us this
Christian prayer on the day on which one of his disciple saw him praying and
asked him, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). The Our Father is the “summary
of the whole Gospel” (Tertullian), and “the perfect prayer” (Saint Thomas
Aquinas). The Church liturgical tradition has always used the text of Saint
Matthew ( 6: 9-13).
WHY IS IT CALLED THE “LORD’S PRAYER”?
The Our Father is
called the “Oratio Dominica”, that is, the Lord’s Prayer because it was taught
to us by the Lord Jesus himself. The prayer that comes to us from Jesus is
truly unique: it is “of the Lord.” On the one hand, in the words of this prayer
the only Son gives us the words the Father gave him: he is the master of our
prayer. On the other, as Word incarnate, he knows in his human heart the needs
of his human brothers and sisters and reveals them to us: he is the model of our
prayer. It is the prayer fulfilled by the prayer of Christ.
WHAT PLACE DOES IT HAVE
IN THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
The Lord’s Prayer is
essentially rooted in liturgical prayer: The Lord teaches us to make prayer in
common for all our brethren. For he did not say “ my Father”, but “ our”
Father, offering petitions in common.
The Lord’s Prayer is essential to the liturgy of the Church, for it is an
integral part of our Eucharistic celebration, Baptism and Confirmation. The Our
Father is also part of the Divine Office. [ See CCC 2761-2776]
Saturday, July 21, 2012
What are the seven petitions which make up the Lord's Prayer? What do they mean?
The power dispositions for one who praise the Our Father are simple and faithful trust, humble and joyous assurance. We begin this most beautiful and meaningful prayer by invoking God as "Father" because he is revealed to us by his Son Christ Jesus who become man.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN:
When we say "Our" Father, we are invoking the new covenant in Jesus Christ, communion with the Holy Trinity, and the divine love which spreads through the Church to encompass the world.Praying to our Father should develop in us the will to become like him and foster in us a humble and trusting heart."Who art in heaven" does not refer to a place but to God's majesty and his presence in the hearts of the just.
Heaven, the Father's house, is the true home land toward which we are heading and to which,already, we belong. The Lord's Prayer contains seven petitions made to God the Father. The object of the first three petitions is the glory of the Father:the sanctification of his name, the coming of the Kingdom, and the fulfillment of his will.The four other petitions present our wants to him: they ask that our lives be nourished, healed of sin, and made victorious in the struggle of good over evil.
The seven petitions follows:
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