The Lord’s Prayer

[michael-kaw]

I am wondering is the our father addressed to the father and the father ONLY or to the whole trinity?

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

My understanding is it is addressed to God the Father. Some prayers are addressed to the Trinity, and some to only one Person.

Yes, I realize we worship one God in three divine Persons, so please don’t make me explain further or my head will asplode…

 

[Rob2]

I am wondering is the our father addressed to the father and the father ONLY or to the whole trinity?

To the Father .

 

[Reuben_J]

Yes, I agree that the Our Father is a prayer to the Father. Jesus taught it as such.

The richness of prayers is such that we can have specific prayers that can be directed to each of the Person of the Trinity, or even to the Virgin Mary or the saints or the angels.

God bless.

 

[Vico]

I am wondering is the our father addressed to the father and the father ONLY or to the whole trinity?

In the Our Father we address the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit when we say Father because the Holy Trinity is our Creator. The persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit interpenetrate one another (called Perichoresis or Circumincession). But we can emphasize the monarchy of the Father – the principle without principle (Council of Florence, 1442 A.D.).

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear Michael,

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:

CCC 2789 When we pray to “our” Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its “source and origin,” but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him. We are not confusing the persons, for we confess that our communion is with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, in their one Holy Spirit. the Holy Trinity is consubstantial and indivisible. When we pray to the Father, we adore and glorify him together with the Son and the Holy Spirit.

also:

CCC 51 “It pleased God, in his goodness and wisdom, to reveal himself and to make known the mystery of his will. His will was that men should have access to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy Spirit, and thus become sharers in the divine nature.” (Dei Verbum - Vatican II Constitution on the Word of God)