Here then, is a structure for our prayer and spiritual life, contained in the Our Father. Jesus teaches us to pray and gives us a basic structure for prayer.

In the Our Father we have a given prayer that can fit any need. But even in our own words, our pleas, our gratitude, we can seek and receive God’s grace. No matter what you say, ...

Father Jeffrey Kirby shows readers what those two words — “Our Father” — really signify for our spiritual lives and how the other seven tenets, or principles, of the Lord’s Prayer relate.

In Christianity, the “Our Father” prayer in traces hits roots back to Jesus’ preaching and practice, according to virtually all scholars. Catholics say this prayer together at every Mass ...

After telling the crowd to love their enemies and pray for their persecutors, Jesus then tells them why they should do this. They have a connection to those people: the Father (our Father) who gives ...

Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious, Adorable One. According to Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, so begins the prayer that Jesus taught us.Not only was Ms. Eddy’s use of ...