Don’t Pray The Our Father, if…
St.Augustine, the doctor of the Church said, “All that we ought to pray is in the Our Father. And all that is not in the Our Father, we need not pray.”
When the disciples asked Jesus, “teach us how to pray”, Jesus gave them the Our Father.
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 today our daily bread
Forgive us our sins,
As we forgive those who sin against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
Amen.
But I say to you today,
Don’t say FATHER,
if you don’t behave like a son or daughter of God.
Don’t say OUR Father,
if you are isolated in your own egoism.
Don’t say YOUR KINGDOM COME, if you are only thinking materialistically, living for this world only.
Don’t say THY WILL BE DONE,
if you are not willing to accept suffering.
Don’t say GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD,
if you do not care about the needs of others who are less fortunate than you.
Don’t say FORGIVE US OUR SINS, if you are harbouring a grudge against someone, or holding revenge and hurt in your heart.
Don’t say DELIVER US FROM EVIL,
if you are not willing to turn away from the lust of the world.
Don’t say AMEN,
if you have not taken the words of the OUR FATHER seriously.
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