Thus, while the words of the Our Father are precious, it is also important to look at the underlying structure implicit in the prayer. There are five basic disciplines taught in the Our Father, and ...

Worshippers join hands during the Our Father. Sunday Mass offers us several reminders on the importance of forgiveness, such as during the Our Father. (CNS photo/Jim West) A Reflection for Thursday of ...

Every wonder how many Our Fathers you have prayed during your life? If you’ve said it daily, maybe several times a day since you were a child, that adds up well into the ten thousands of times — for ...

When Jesus begins the prayer that has come to be called the Lord’s Prayer with the words “Our Father” (Matt. 6:9), who is included in his “our”? In the history of the prayer’s interpretation, “our” ...

Nathan Schneider, in his article “Have Catholics been praying the Our Father all wrong?” (May 2022), examines the ways in which believers of all stripes—Catholics, Protestants, Christian Scientists ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

Well that’s it sorted then, the Lord will not “lead us into temptation” we will lead ourselves according to the news from the Vatican Instead of saying, "Lead us not into temptation," Catholics will ...

Pope Francis invited Christians around the world to pray together amid the coronavirus pandemic as he led an Our Father on Wednesday. Appearing alone in the Library of the Apostolic Palace, the ...