first off, its OUR FATHER not your father. Now that that has been corrected, Jesus Christ taught us the prayer
Matthew 6:9-13 is where Jesus gave the 'model prayer' or what many term the 'Our Father Prayer' or the 'Lord's Prayer'."After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."(AS)
Prayer is communication between us and God, He was being an example to us and talking with his father.
We offer our prayers to the Father to thank Him for all that He has done for us, to partition Him for things we are in need of and close our prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. Many people recite the Lords Prayer, but they forget that Christ only gave them this as a guide as to what to say, and not to use it as an actual prayer. What you ask for or thank Him for in your prayer does not have to be the same each time. You pray as guided by the Spirit.
He was giving an example of how we should pray. He was telling the disciples not to pray as the hypocrites and pharisees did. So he gave them the Lords prayer as a kind of guidline for praying.
The Lord's prayer is found in the Bible. It is in the book called the gospel of Matthew chapter 6 verses 5 - 13
Roman Catholic AnswerThe main Catholic prayer is the Most Holy Eucharist; if you had to choose just one short prayer and say it was the main one, than, of course, it would be the Our Father, as that is the prayer that Our Blessed Lord, Himself, taught us.
It is known as the Our Father because it is a prayer to god that is the father of all things
No, another name for the Lord's Prayer is the Our Father.
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Because it completes the Christian initiation and it is the centerpiece of the 7 Sacraments and the summit of the whole Christian life..Catholic AnswerThe Holy Eucharist is the re-presentation of Our Blessed Lord's sacrifice of Himself on the Cross to His Father. As such, it is the ultimate prayer of Our Blessed Lord, it was the offering of His Entire Life to the Father in Heaven. There is no greater prayer then the prayer of God to God, that He re-presents to us daily so that we may join with Him in His Prayer to the Father.
We are always to pray to the Father through the Son Jesus Christ.
I think getting closer to God addressing him through the OUR FATHER is a complete prayer passed over to us by His Son, Jesus. So this prayer is perfect, and needs no other paraphernalia or substitute.