Thursday, April 2, 2009

Story # 5 Pater Noster

Pater Noster
Our Father

Often Jesus was talking to the disciples about prayer. With great love, he said to them, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find. Knock and to you it will be opened. For all who ask receive and those who seek will find."

Day by day the good teacher gave an example to his beloved disciples. For Jesus prayed much. Often he prayed the whole night. A certain day, therefore, the disciples approached to Jesus and one of them said, "Lord, teach us to pray."

Jesus loved his disciples. To the teacher the disciples were as little children. And so, with great kindness, he said to them, "When you pray, say:

Our father who is in heaven,
Holy is your name,
Your kingdom is to come,
Your will is to be done,
Just as in Heaven, so on earth.
Our daily bread give to us,
And forgive to us our debts,
Just as we forgive our debtors,
And do not lead us into temptation,
But free us from evil. Amen."


Exercises
1. To whom does God give many gifts? 
2. When does Jesus pray?
3. What do the disciples ask Jesus?
4. Who give to us the daily bread?
5. Who sends away our sins?

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