2 Cor 11:1-11 / Matthew 6:7-15
A prayer that we should be saying everyday should be the “Our Father” or the Lord’s Prayer.
It is also a prayer for all occasions. It is prayed at the Mass, the celebration of the Sacraments, and it also should be prayed at all Devotions and para-liturgical services.
The Our Father is the primary prayer of the Church, and it is also called the Lord’s Prayer because it is taught by our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is a prayer of adoration, of thanksgiving, for needs, for forgiveness, for healing and for protection.
It is a divine prayer, a profound prayer as well as a powerful prayer.
But it may also become a routine prayer, so much so that it can become a casual prayer and we may lose the sense of reverence for it.
We hear Jesus teaching that prayer in today’s gospel.
But He also added the aspect of forgiveness when we pray that prayer.
When we need to be forgiven, and when we want to forgive those who have hurt us, or find difficulty in forgiving, then let us pray the Our Father slowly and reverently.
When we call God “Our Father”, He will certainly listen to us, and He will forgive us our sins, and also give us the grace to forgive others.