Our Father
A Pilgrimage to the Cross
Walking through Lent with Jesus
Tuesday 22nd March
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father,
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
Luke 11: 1-4
A disciple learned from a master by watching what he did, asking questions when something was puzzling, and spending long periods of time with the master so that learning became not just an intellectual thing, understood with the head, but a lesson learned by feet, hands, eyes, mouth and heart.
Jesus’ disciples are learning here words to say when you pray: words of simplicity, immediacy and familiarity, words that assume a listener, words which generate a humble spirit.
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