“This is how you
are to pray:
Our Father who art in heaven,
Immediately we are reminded
of our Divine Sonship, we are sons and daughters of a most High King which
makes us royalty!! We address Our Father who is
in heaven- this reminds us that if Our Father is in Heaven, then that is
our home too! It invites us to look where we are headed -- we are pilgrims,
this isn’t it!
hallowed be thy name,
Do you even know
what hallowed means!? I sure didn’t. It means to “honor as holy.” From the
beginning we are are called to recognize and praise He who is all power,
knowledge, mercy, beauty, goodness, and love.
Notice here it’s about
building His Kingdom and doing His will. The task of the Christian is to
unite our life so closely that we can say with St. Paul, “it’s no longer I, but
Christ that lives within me.”
on earth as it is in heaven.
We’re called to
bring the reign of Jesus Christ as Lord here and now!
Give us this day our daily bread;
Here Jesus does not
say, “our daily steak and lobster,” but daily bread. Bread is what we need, not
all about what we want. It is about being content with what we have and
trusting that He will provide all that we need.
and forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us;
We are called to
extend the same mercy that Christ Himself bestows upon us when people hurt,
ignore, lie, and chastise us.
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Left to our own
devices we would be unable to withstand the temptations and evil of
the world, the flesh, and the Devil so we beg the Lord to "lead us
not" and "deliver us from."
Amen!
-Caitlin Mulcahy
