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Lord, Teach Us How To Pray!

In the Gospel, our Lord was approached by his disciples with the request, ‘Lord, teach us how to pray!’ (Lk 11:1). In response to this request, our Lord taught the first community of his disciples how we are to communicate with the Lord and Creator of the universe, someone we can not see, and someone whose voice we can not hear audibly and yet someone with whom we are called to be in relationship. Jesus taught his first disciples the Our Father.

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Fr. Jay Mello, S.T.L. is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, MA and is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Catechetics Dept. He earned his S.T.B., and S.T.L. in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Currently he is the Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick’s Parish in Falmouth, MA. 

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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