"When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the
Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many
words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows where you need before you ask
him. Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name…..For
if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive;
but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father will forgive your
trespasses."
Fr.
Dan Donovan said that the main point in the gospel focuses on what Jesus
said about prayers that it should come from the heart and avoid hypocrisy. The
purpose of prayer is not to inform God but to become aware of God’s presence.
Another purpose is to ask forgiveness from God and pray for the ability to
forgive so that if we can forgive others when we are hurt; we will also be
forgiven for our wrongdoings.
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