Maybe you sat down and memorized them for class or O.C.I.A. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name… The Our Father is perhaps the most famous Christian prayer. The magnitude of this ...

In Christianity, the “Our Father” prayer in traces hits roots back to Jesus’ preaching and practice, according to virtually all scholars. Catholics say this prayer together at every Mass.

Others liked the fact that singing tends to slow the prayer down, giving its words an opportunity to sink in. The Our Father, or the Lord’s Prayer, is one of the most fundamental prayers and ...

In The Lord’s Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father, Wesley Hill walks us through the seven petitions, inviting us to discover the meaning, vitality, and relevance of each phrase. Any author ...

In an interview with an Italian TV network, the pontiff said that the current language of the Our Father prayer "is not a good translation." In English and similarly in Italian, the prayer asks ...

And yet, for all that, the Holy Spirit has guided the Church, in its popular piety, to focus on two prayers — the “Our Father” and the “Hail Mary” — as the twin pillars of liturgical ...