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Praying with the Son

Photo of snail, tulips, and daffodils with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Praying with the Son."
“Praying With the Son”
A reflection on Luke 11:1-4 and Romans 8:14-17
Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Praying with the Son, we embrace our identity as beloved children of God, joining Jesus in the Our Father to address our heavenly Father as “Abba.”… Read the rest

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The Lord’s Prayer

“The Lord’s Prayer” (5 panels)
Matthew 6:9-13
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

The Our Father

The Lord’s Prayer (commonly known as the “Our Father” or “Pater Noster”) is the only prayer explicitly taught by Jesus in the New Testament, as recorded in the Gospels.… Read the rest

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Our Father Makes Us One

A snail and a variety of tulips reflect on the Holy Trinity: "Our Father begets the Son, / Sends the Spirit and makes us one."
“Our Father Makes Us One”
A reflection on Catechism of the Catholic Church 2789
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
©️2025 Gloria M. Chang

When we pray to “our” Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its “source and origin,” but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him.

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