The Lord's Prayer, "the Our Father", is the most perfect of prayers. In it we ask not only for all the things we can rightly desire but also in the sequence that they should be desired. The rightness of our life in HIM will depend on the rightness of our prayer. The prayer that comes to us from Jesus is truly unique: it is "of the Lord." On the one hand, in the words of this prayer the only Son gives us the words the Father gave HIM. On the other, as Word incarnate, HE knows in HIS human heart the needs of HIS human brothers and sisters and reveals them to us. Since our prayer sets forth our desires before God, it is again the Father, who searches the hearts of all. The prayer to Our Father is inserted into the mysterious mission of the Son and of the Spirit.(Ref. CCC 2765,2766)
Prayer :
My Dear God, reveal to me the richness of the Perfect Prayer, "the Our Father". I realize that through the Word of God, the Holy Spirit teaches the children of God to pray to their Father. Thank you Jesus for giving us the words of our filial prayer and for giving us the Spirit by whom these words become in us "spirit and life."
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