‘Our Father’: The Lord’s Prayer and Living as Spiritual Sons and Daughters of God
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Symbols of the Seven Sacraments Are Found in the ‘Our Father’
“The Lord’s Prayer is the quintessential prayer of the Church. ... Integrated into the Eucharist it reveals the eschatological character of its petitions, hoping for the Lord, ‘until he comes.’” (CCC 2776)
Hidden Tabernacles and 8 More Liturgical Crotchets
“The Mystery of the Eucharist is too great for anyone to permit himself to treat it according to his own whim, so that its sacredness and its universal ordering would be obscured.” (Redemptionis Sacramentum)
Popular Piety and the Our Father
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ recent suggestion can serve as a great moment to spotlight the true meaning behind this foundational prayer of the Church.
Pope Francis: Jesus Teaches Us How to Pray
In his catechesis for the weekly general audience Dec. 5, the Holy Father began a new series on the Our Father.
Of Trials and Temptations: Earnest Petition in the Lord’s Prayer
EDITORIAL: The coming of the Christ Child should inspire us to reflect on his mission and the deeper meaning of a petition we recite by heart as we pray the Our Father.
What Is the Context of Pope Francis’ Words on the Lord’s Prayer?
ANALYSIS: The Pope’s intent seems to be to emphasize that God’s active will does not ‘tempt’ men, that, instead, the permissive will of God allows people to be tempted because of their sinfulness.
Pope Francis & Prayer: ‘Our First Calling Is to Learn to Say Our Father’
Official text of the Holy Father’s Mass with priests, religious, seminarians and consecrated persons in Morelia.
Prayer Wars: Ad Before Star Wars Movie Gets Nixed in the UK
Christians are joined by Muslim and atheist leading voices, and even actress Carrie Fisher, in denouncing the move by theaters to reject an ad depicting the ‘Our Father.’
