Reflecting on the day’s Gospel reading (Lk. 11:1-13) during his July 24 Angelus address, Pope Francis said that “this word [Father] is the secret of Jesus’ prayer.”
Reflecting on the day’s Gospel reading (Lk. 11:1-13) during his July 24 Angelus address, Pope Francis said that “this word [Father] is the secret of Jesus’ prayer.”
Of course! This is what separates us from any other religion. God is our Father. We are the children of God. No other religion claims that their adherents are the children of God.
Sometimes, it is like one can stay with the words" Our Father…" for hours before reciting the rest of the prayer,and it is like one has a lot to contemplaté just there and it is so comforting…
My thanks for my own earthly father who went back home with our Lord a year ago for being so so lovely.
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