Transcript The OUR FATHER - Immaculata Catholic School

The OUR
FATHER
Understanding our call to
Prayer
The Sea of Galilee – The
Mount of the Beatitudes
The Our Father
 The
“Our Father” is the prayer
that Jesus gave his disciples.

It is the only prayer that Jesus
gave us directly. So, for
Christians the “Our Father” is
one of the most important
prayers.
 According
to the CCC, the
“Our Father” is a summary of
the entire gospel! It
summarizes Jesus’ whole
message of salvation – of
trust and love for the Father.
The ACTS of Prayer
 Adoration:
Take
time to adore the
Lord and give Him
the affection of your
heart.
 Contrition: Here, we
take time to
recognize our sinful
nature, and we ask
God for forgiveness.
 Thanksgiving:
We
thank God for the
blessings in our lives.
 Supplication:
We ask
God for things.
THE BASIC TYPES OF PRAYER!
The Our Father
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy
name;
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is
in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against
us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil.
Amen.
BREAKING IT DOWN
 “Our
Father, who art in heaven… hallowed be thy
name”

“OUR” is important here. It’s not just because we are saying
this prayer together as a church.
 We as individuals are sons and daughters of the Father
because we are united to the True SON of the Father. We
become adopted sons and daughters of the Father. So
when we say OUR FATHER, the OUR here also refers to
OURSELVES and JESUS!

For Christians, this unity between us and Christ happens at
BAPTISM.
Breaking it Down
 Thy
Kingdom Come, thy will be done… Give
us this Day our Dailey Bread

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done…
 Supplication…
ask God to bring the Kingdom down
and God’s will to be accomplished. The Kingdom of
God is what God wills, and this prayer asks us to Put
God’s will before our own!

Dailey Bread
 Not

just about our food!
St. Jerome compares this to manna from Exodus, calling it
our Supernatural Bread. For the Church this is a reminder
of our Supernatural Bread – the Eucharist!
Breaking it Down
 Forgive
those…
us our trespasses… As we forgive
 Contrition:

here we ask God to forgive our sins.
It is a reminder for us of the power of God’s forgiveness –
especially in Reconciliation!
• We are also reminded of the
Beatitudes
• Blessed are the merciful! Mercy
as an essential part of being a
Christian.
Forgiveness and the Kingdom

Matthew 18: 21-22: “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many
times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?
“Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
 Jesus

Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive men when they sin against
you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not
forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”


commands us to Forgive all the time, every time!
We forgive others because we recognize that no one is perfect!
Remember the story of the woman who about to be stoned for adultery -
Luke 6:36 ”Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is
merciful.”

We forgive others because we are called to be like our Father in heaven!
Breaking it
Down
Deliver us from Evil
 Supplication
again. Here we ask to preserve us
and protect us from all temptations and evil.
 We
are reminded in this prayer that there is a spiritual
war going on. We need God’s help to strengthen us
from the snares of the devil.

If Christ was tempted, so are we!