Molitva Očenaša: biblijsko-moralno promišljanje
The Our Father. Biblical-moral reflection

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the Our Father, the prayer that Jesus bequeathed to us. To pray and live in an honest way this faithful, correct, steady, pious and humble prayer is a sure path to sanctity. Starting from this fact, the article begins by discussing the Our Father in a general way, concluding that the Lord’s Prayer sums up the essence of the whole Gospel. It contains everything that Christians should believe and that they should live. This becomes clear in the second part of the article, which deals with all seven petitions in the Our Father as it is recorded in Matthew’s Gospel. The article deals with Matthew’s version of the Our Father, even though the prayer can also be found in Luke’s Gospel (though with five petitions), because Matthew’s version, like all of his Gospel, is more morally oriented. After dealing with each petition, the author offers some insights and conclusions. For example, the Our Father is theologically powerful, but at the same time demanding and dangerous. It is a prayer that can be used as the framework for a profound examination of conscience. Because the Our Father is so important for a healthy moral-spiritual life and because it is such an effective prayer, we should be thankful to Jesus for this precious gift. And the best way of showing this thankfulness is reverently to pray the Our Father.

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