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We are reminded of Jesus’ last command before he ascended into heaven, to make this good news of God’s love known by all peoples so that God’s name may be hallowed by all.Īs part of this Lenten journey, you can pray the Our Father every day, slowly and gently, dwelling on the different petitions. Moreover this petition makes us ask ourselves to what extent we really wish that all may come to know God, or whether we are content that we have a good relationship with him. We pray to lead good lives so that our witness may enable more men and women to recognise God’s name as holy.Īs we pray the Our Father we realise how our prayer and the way we live are closely united. (Mt 5:16) We do not perform good deeds to impress others, even less to impress God, but it is only natural that if we lead good lives others will be attracted to give glory to our Father in heaven. These words also remind us of what Jesus said shortly before teaching us the Our Father: ‘ I n the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven’. We aspire to join the angels, saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy’. May this relationship grow stronger, may our steps be enlightened by this loving presence of our Father in our life.
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On the one hand we are asking to recognise ever more our Father’s loving, powerful presence among us and within us: he is our Father, and we pray that this fact may take real and deep roots in our hearts and minds.
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This is effectively fulfilled in us when “people see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven”. And so when we say to him: “Hallowed be your name,” we are saying in other words: Make us such, Father, that we may deserve to understand and grasp how great your hallowing is and, of course, that you may appear as hallowed in our spiritual way of life. John Cassian, writing in the 5 th century, says this about this petition: ‘The hallowing of God is our perfection. ‘Our Father, Hallowed be your name’ (Troverete il testo in italiano ed in albanese in fondo alla pagina)įather, may your name be made holy! It is not immediately evident what we are praying for in this petition: certainly God does not need our prayers so that his name is made holy, it is holy of itself and cannot be made holier by our prayer.