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Home Luke 11:1-4 NRSVue

Luke 11:1-4 NRSVue

1He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2So he said to them, “When you pray, say:

Father, may your name be revered as holy. May your kingdom come.

3Give us each day our daily bread. 4And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”,

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Reflection on Luke 11:1-4

Inspiration from 2025-10-08 Daily Prayer

More than any other evangelist, St Luke writes of Our Lord at prayer. We should often ask God to teach us to grow in prayer. Dom John Chapman OSB said that we should pray as we can, not as we cannot. We learn prayer by doing it, and the more frequently, the better. 

In the Our Father, Jesus teaches us the right attitude to have in prayer, that God must have the first place in our lives. We also learn that we must have forgiveness in our hearts for others. In our petitions, we should pray not only for ourselves but also for all people.

Further reflection

Many Jewish rabbis would teach their disciples a simple prayer. This prayer of Jesus has depths we never totally fathom. We can linger on every word.

If we call God Father, we say that he knows our needs, and wants to give what will help us most. Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray. Give me your love and grace just for today.

I call you Father; Jesus taught me to use this metaphor. I know that you, Lord, are beyond gender and surpass our imagination. But I relish the overtones of Father, one who knows and loves me, and whose often mysterious providence is there in everything that befalls me.