It is interesting to note that the Church’s definition of “prayer” is simple: “the lifting up of one’s mind and heart to God.” Words are not mentioned, though they are surely helpful. Instead, we ...

Thus, while the words of the Our Father are precious, it is also important to look at the underlying structure implicit in the prayer. There are five basic disciplines taught in the Our Father, and ...

Worshippers join hands during the Our Father. Sunday Mass offers us several reminders on the importance of forgiveness, such as during the Our Father. (CNS photo/Jim West) A Reflection for Thursday of ...

In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus calls his divided followers to pursue unity as the family of God. The church today is divided, polarized by the many social and political factions vying for our attention ...

The Lord’s Prayer was read in Urdu and Swahili during Canterbury Cathedral’s Easter Sunday services to reflect the “very international” congregation. At the 10am service shown on the BBC, The Very Rev ...

A Labor MP says he wants the Lord’s Prayer scrapped from WA parliament, despite the reading of the Christian prayer being a long-held tradition before sessions.

Nathan Schneider, in his article “Have Catholics been praying the Our Father all wrong?” (May 2022), examines the ways in which believers of all stripes—Catholics, Protestants, Christian Scientists ...

"Jeopardy" fans found themselves stunned Tuesday night after all three contestants failed to answer a question asking them to complete a line of the Lord’s Prayer, the most widely recited prayer in ...