The Lord’s Prayer Lk 11: 1- 13 17 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Introduction Today’s reading is about prayer. Jesus teaches his disciples to pray and tells them to persevere in prayer. Jesus also tells his disciples that the basis of prayer is God’s goodness, a goodness that we can count on at any moment of our lives. The Gospel The Gospels document those times when Jesus would withdraw to a quiet place and pray. This must have made quite an impact on his disciples. Our reading today in fact informs us that one of them asked Jesus, saying: “ Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” Then Jesus said to them, “ When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us and do not subject us to the final test. “ Then Jesus tells them the reasons why one should persevere in praying. He said to them: “ Supp...
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