Galatians 2:1-2,7-14; Psalm 117 Go out to all the world, and tell the the Good News; Luke 11:1-4
Jesus was praying.
Note to all of us. If JEsus is praying, the son of God, himself, should we not also give ourselves to prayer.
The disciples said, "Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples."
The disciples were attracted to Jesus' prayer life. They wanted what he had. So they made the inquiry. They asked.
We too should begin each attempt at prayer with a similar inquiry, "Lord, teach us to pray."
JEsus gives us what we know today as the "Our Father" or "The Lord' s Prayer."
Every time we pray it we are reminded that we are praying with God's words not our own. In this prayer we are invited into the intimate dialogue between the Father and the son. We are inserted into that relationship.
Every time we recite the prayer we are also reminded of the very heart of spiritual growth: "salvation does not come from man's greatness but from God's gracious mercy" as Pope Benedict points out on a regular basis.
Prayer is not about the words we string together to grab God's attention, but rather about truly understanding that God has given us his attention already in Christ.
These words of the "Our Father" are the very words of Christ.
We we pray then with reverence and profound humility. God has placed his words on our lips.
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