Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an

apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and

new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with

Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring

the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite

you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the

warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.

Peace be with you. Friends, our gospel for today is St. Luke's version of the

Lord's Prayer, the Our Father. This prayer that's I mean recited probably I don't

know millions of times a day all over the world. At every mass if you're

praying the liturgy of the hours you pray it three times a day. Think of all the

people who would recite these words. There's some of the best known words on the

planet. It might be good for us therefore to walk slowly through Luke's version of

it to see what this great prayer is about. What we're asking for when we pray the

Lord's Prayer. Here's the first idea, first I think important observation. It

comes from Jesus' own life of prayer. So he's been praying and the disciples

noticed that. They say Lord teach us how to pray. Think of a great basketball

player, a great guitarist and people watching and saying, oh teach me how to do

that. They must have noticed how intense his life of prayer was and so they say

Lord help us to pray the way you do. So this prayer, think about this when you

pray the our Father. It reflects Jesus' own prayer, his own life of prayer. When you

pray he says say Father, hello be your name. Father, let's pause right there. I

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