11th Week in Ord. Time, Thursday – 19th June 2025 – 2 Cor 11,1-11; Mt 6,7-15
Perfect Prayer
The Lord’s prayer has been called by an early Christian writer, “the summary of the whole Gospel.” The proclamation of the Good News is summarized by Matthew in the Sermon on the Mount and the “our Father” is at the center of this proclamation. St.Augustine affirms that this prayer is so perfect that it sums up in a few words not only for everything man needs to ask God for, but for the things we can rightly desire and in sequence that they should be desired. It is usually seen as being made up of an invocation and seven petitions – three to do with praise of God and four with the needs of men. The first two petitions, that God’s name be sanctified among all people, and that his kingdom may come, should be our primary concern. We are called to be apostles of that kingdom, to spread love for Christ among our fellow men. Our apostolic zeal should be enkindled each time we pronounce those words of the Lord’s prayer. Asking for God’s will to be done means that we seek to confirm ourselves with his will in all of our thoughts and actions.
