Your kingdom come. Your will be done – Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
We pray that God’s kingdom will become present for us in the same way that we ask for his name to be hallowed among us. For when does God not…
May your name be hallowed – Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
How merciful the Lord is to us, how kind and richly compassionate! He wished us to repeat this prayer in God’s sight, to call the Lord our Father and, as…
Our prayer is communal – Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
God is then the teacher of harmony, peace and unity, and desires each of us to pray for all men, even as he bore all men in himself alone. The…
Let your prayer come from a humble heart – Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
When we pray, our words should be calm, modest and disciplined. Let us reflect that we are standing before God. We should please him both by our bodily posture and…
I shall sing in the spirit, and with understanding – Saint Ambrose, bishop
What is more pleasing than a psalm? David expresses it well: Praise the Lord, for a song of praise is good: let there be praise of our God with gladness…
The appeal of the Book of Psalms – Saint Ambrose, bishop
In the Book of Psalms there is profit for all, with healing power for our salvation. There is instruction from history, teaching from the law, prediction from prophecy, chastisement from…
The capture of Jericho – Origen, priest
Once Jericho was surrounded it had to be stormed. How then was Jericho stormed? No sword was drawn against it, no battering ram was aimed at it, no javelins were…
Actions speak louder than words – Saint Anthony of Padua, priest
The man who is filled with the Holy Spirit speaks in different languages. These different languages are different ways of witnessing to Christ, such as humility, poverty, patience and obedience; we speak…
My earthly desires have been crucified – Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
The delights of this world and all its kingdoms will not profit me. I would prefer to die in Jesus Christ than to rule over all the earth. I seek…