Sunday, July 24, 2016

Living The Lord's Prayer

As often as we pray the OUR FATHER, there always seems to be the opportunity to delve more deeply into it.  We have further insight into this beloved prayer from Robin  Ryan, CP,  a professor at  Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and Pope Benedict XVI:
The Lord's Prayer is much more than just a prayer that we say; it is also meant to be a prayer that we live. Cyprian of Carthage, a third century bishop and martyr wrote, "My dear friends, the Lord's Prayer contains many great mysteries of our faith. In these few words there is great spiritual strength, for this summary of divine teaching contains all of our prayers and petitions." In the twentieth century, Pope Benedict XVI observed, "The meaning of the Our Father goes much further than the mere provision of a prayer text. It aims to form our being, to train us in the inner attitude of Jesus." When we pray the Lord's Prayer we enter into the world of Jesus and into the depths of his relationships with God and with others. We begin to view life, God, others and ourselves through his eyes. Praying these words with attention entails a training in vision.
May we not only pray these words from our hearts, but strive to put them into practice in our lives. They will help us see the world and others in a different way.
Bro. Rene

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