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In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus taught his disciples to address God as Father who is in Heaven. In this prayer, we acknowledge God’s fatherhood which is above everything and yet is present in the heart of those who long for Him.
Our Lord Jesus Christ taught his disciples how to pray. And in that prayer, He instructed them to call God ‘Our Father.’ Every time we pray the Our Father, let us remember that we are God’s children and God is our loving Father.
There are five different basic types of Christian Prayer: Adoration, Petition, Intercession, Thanksgiving, and Praise. In this article, the author deals with the prayer of thanksgiving and Intercession.
Prayer is so intertwined with life that we can safely say that we pray to live and live to pray. To make life coincide with prayer, the follower of Christ needs formal moments of prayer every day.
The last two commandments of the Decalogue (You shall not set your heart on your neighbor’s house and on your neighbor’s spouse) warn against some human desires, namely the evil desires which come from the heart. These two commandments call for purity of heart.
The eighth Commandment prioritizes not only upholding the truth but also keeping relationships healthy and in the context of love by speaking well of others.
In life we deal with what belongs to us and what belongs to others, and we often hear that some people take away things that do not belong to them. Hence, the Seventh Commandment reminds us of the importance of respecting each other’s property rights.
To be able to love without limit and remain faithful, humans need God’s fidelity in their relationship. Thus the sixth Commandment serves first as an example of God’s faithfulness to his people and second as a call to fidelity particularly in marital life.
Our life originates from God. This is de facto sacred and cannot, under any circumstances, be looked at with contempt. The fifth commandment, “You shall not kill,” reminds us of this important principle of human life: life is sacred and deserves to be protected.
In a world where the traditional and stable family structure made up of husband, wife and children tends to disappear or be perceived as old-fashioned, the fourth Commandment stands as the privileged means for the Church to answer God’s invitation to act in order to save the family.
