2 Cor 11:1-11 / Matthew 6:7-15
If we happen to drop by a bookshop, one of the sections that might interest us is this section called "Self-help".
In that section, there are books for anyone who wants to learn something new or just to know more about how to get something done right.
There are books for enrichment, there are also books about health, and there are also books about how to be successful and wealthy.
But we can presume that these books have a market in that people buy them to read.
Maybe because the methods and techniques that are described in those books sound so simple and easy.
Even in the area of the spiritual life and prayer, we may also want to look for a prayer that will win God's attention and get a response from Him.
And especially in the time of dire need, we may want to have recourse to a "power prayer" or a "guaranteed prayer" because it seems that all other prayers have failed and that there was no response to the prayer.
In the gospel, Jesus taught His disciples the "Lord's Prayer" or the "Our Father". It is a simple and easy prayer to remember as even children can say that prayer.
Yet, that simple prayer does not mean it is easy to understand or easy to put it into practice, much less easy to get God to respond to our needs.
Yet it is the heart of all prayers and it is a prayer for the humble hearts. When we come to realize that we can't really help ourselves, then we will surrender ourselves into the hands of God our Father with this prayer.