In the Gospel for today’s Mass, Jesus, in Matthew’s account, teaches his disciples the Prayer of Prayers. The Our Father is the singular prayer that not only identifies God as Our Father… which is remarkable and extraordinary, but it identifies Us as his children.
My relationship with my own father was marked by many different stages and seasons. As I am sure we can all attest. He was hero, adversary, idiot, sage wiseman and at times friend. He was a great storyteller and jokester. Really, I don’t think there has been a day since his death that I have not thought of him.
I think today’s Gospel, like yesterday’s reflection, reminds us to go deep…deeper into that most important relationship we have with our Heavenly Father. He is not distant to us. He is intimately close, connected and interested in our lives. His heart is attached to ours. We are not simply his creation. We are his Children. We are adopted sons and daughters through the precious blood of His son on the cross for us
Let us go to the Father’s House today. Let us pray that prayer that connects us…Heart to Heart.
Matthew 6: 7-15
Thank you, Jim. My Dad passed a year and a half ago. Not a day passes without thinking of him. I still struggle through the Our Father, but getting better.