Christ should be manifest in our whole life The life of the Christian has three distinguishing aspects: deeds, words and thought. Thought comes first, then words, since our words express…

God’s mercies shall be my song for ever May the comfort and grace of the Holy Spirit be yours for ever, most honored lady. Your letter found me lingering still…

Christ, king and priest for ever Our Savior received a bodily anointing and so became a true king and a true priest. Both king and priest he was of his…

Prayer should be expressed in deeds as well as words Dear friends, why does the fact that God has taught us such a prayer as this astonish us? Did he…

We are God’s children; let us abide in his peace Christ clearly laid down an additional rule to bind us by a certain contractual condition: we ask that our debts…

After the gift of bread we ask pardon for our sins As the Lord’s Prayer continues, we ask: Give us this day our daily bread. We can understand this petition in…

Your kingdom come. Your will be done The prayer continues: Your kingdom come. We pray that God’s kingdom will become present for us in the same way that we ask for his…

May your name be hallowed 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…

Our prayer is communal Above all, he who preaches peace and unity did not want us to pray by ourselves in private or for ourselves alone. We do not say…