Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel, we receive St Luke’s version of the “Our Father,” the “Lord’s Prayer.” You can find St Matthew’s version in chapter six of his Gospel. I was about halfway through writing a reflection on our passage from Luke, and I just erased it all. Instead, I invite you to take some time today (and/or in the coming days) and read Section Two of Part Four of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Church devotes a significant section of her teaching on prayer to the Lord’s Prayer. As I consulted it, I said to myself, what could I possibly say about this magnificent prayer, the quintessential prayer of the Church, in light of what the Church teaches? My sisters and brothers, these sections of the Catechism (2759 – 2865) are glorious! Allow the Church to enlighten you on the richness of the meaning of the prayer Jesus taught us to pray. I’m confident it will transform not only your understanding of this prayer, but it will transform your prayer. Today, I pray God’s Kingdom come and God’s will be done in your heart, mind, and life as it is in heaven. Come, Lord Jesus!
-Elizabeth Wells