The last petition of the Lord’s Prayer makes us aware of the presence of Evil in the world. This awareness leads us to ask God to grant us the grace to persevere in doing only His good will. 

In the Lord’s Prayer, we ask Him to grant us the grace not to succumb to temptations. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, prayer, sacrifice, and the support of good people, we are given this grace.

Having been forgiven by God, we are called to forgive others who have hurt us. If we do not forgive, we close ourselves to God’s outpouring of His mercy upon us. It is as if we do not allow God to…

In the Lord’s Prayer, we express our dependence on God. We recall also our duty of working for our sustenance as well as for the sustenance of others as we share with them what we have.

In the Lord’s Prayer, we ask that the Will of the Father may be done on earth as it is in Heaven. And the Will of the Father is that we may all be saved.

The Lord’s Prayer invites us to acknowledge the holiness of God. It urges us also as God’s children, to pray and to manifest His holiness in the world through our lives. 

The ‘Kingdom of God’ is a reality in the making, not yet fulfilled. It is God’s Spirit in action in the world, growing like a seed without being noticed. Christians pray that this Kingdom may expand…

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…

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…