
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time: October 9 (Fr. Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.)
Jesus was a man of prayer. All throughout the Gospels we see him at prayer. He prays in a lonely place. He prays in the synagogue. Before ministry he prays. Before sending out the apostles he prays. He prays the great priestly prayer at the Last Supper. He prays in the Garden of Gethsemane - he even prays on the cross. And he gives us many prayer parables. But when the apostles come to him and ask him to, “Teach us how to pray,” Jesus only gives one form of prayer. He talks about prayer of petition. He says, “Seek…ask…knock,” and then he teaches them the Our Father.The Our Father is our…
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