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All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

We Dare to Say

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

What is so daring about saying “Our Father”? Dr. Sri explains historically why praying in this way to God was so daring. He also shares what this reveals about God and what this reveals about who we are.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life.

0:14.0

There's a strange line that comes in the middle of every mass.

0:17.2

Have you ever wondered about this line?

0:19.1

Right before we pray the our Father, the priest says, at the Savior's command, informed

0:24.6

by divine teaching, we dare to say, we dare to say what?

0:31.4

We dare to say the our Father?

0:33.7

What's so daring about saying the our Father?

0:36.4

I mean, the our Father is one of the most basic prayers.

0:39.3

We've prayed it many of us since our childhood.

0:42.4

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

0:45.2

We pray it all the time in the rosary.

0:47.3

We pray this is one of the most basic of all Christian prayers.

0:51.3

So why does the priest say this is so daring?

0:53.9

Well, I want to take a look at how the Catholic Church actually looks at this, that if we really

0:59.2

understood the words we were saying, especially the opening words, the opening couple lines

1:04.6

of the our Father, if we really understood what that was about, I think we would approach

1:09.8

not just the mass, but this sacred prayer, the Lord's Prayer, with a little more fear

1:15.3

and trembling, with a little more reverence, but with so much awe and gratitude that we

1:22.0

can say our Father, and that's what we're going to take a look at in this week's podcast.

1:26.6

So welcome to all things Catholic.

1:28.6

I'm your host, Edward Sree, I want to welcome any new listeners joining us here to check

1:33.1

out the show.

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