Blog Post 2/19/2024 - Prayer

 

In the play, Le Miserables, Marius prays: “There are thoughts which are prayers.  These are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.”

 

The Our Father is primarily a prayer for Jesus’ disciples, the Gospel of Matthew places it at the center of the Sermon on the Mount

 

Fr. Gerhard Lohfink wrote, “The Our Father leads us to desire only what God wants.”  Essential in prayer is the disposition of our heart, we are called to have the heart of God.  Jesus was praying in a certain place, & when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”                                        

 

Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.  Give us each day our daily bread & forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, & do not subject us to the final test.’”

 

May God Be Praised.