PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Oct 8, 2025 · 6m

Gospel

Luke 11:1-4

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,

one of his disciples said to him,

"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."

He said to them, "When you pray, say:

Father, hallowed be your name,

your Kingdom come.

Give us each day our daily bread

and forgive us our sins

for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,

and do not subject us to the final test.”

Reflection

What strikes me about this very simple prayer is how concise and precise it is.

What God wants us to be doing is establishing his kingdom. We do that by opening ourselves to…