made in a matter of seconds, but don’t let that fool you. The Our Father can indeed be our “life program.” God the Father loves us, and he guides us to himself through the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. He leads us through the Exodus of this life to the Promised Land of heaven. He feeds us and strengthen us in our journey. And all along the way, he wants us to know his closeness— especially when we suffer, when we feel the distance between ourselves and our destination. He is close to us because he has adopted us as his children, and he is a faithful Father. We remember who we are every time we address him as “our Father,” every time we approach the Son of God in the Bread of Life from the altar. And filled with his Holy Spirit, praying this prayer that Jesus taught us, we are filled with hope that we shall come at last to see our Father face to face. Remembering in contemplation God the Father loves us. In our love for him, we can make the Our Father our life program. We can meditate on and live by each line of this perfect prayer. Christ leads us in hope in our Exodus pilgrimage through this world, and he feeds us with himself, our daily bread. Filled with the Spirit of adoption, we make our journey in Christ to the Father. At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say: 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. 9
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