Carmelite homily for Tuesday, March 3, 2020 – Lectionary 225 (Matthew 6:7-15)
Because today’s Gospel passage is the same, this homily is repeated from Wednesday, October 9th.
Today the Gospel passage is the “Our Father.” Saint Teresa of Avila notes that there are seven petitions – you know, like “thy kingdom come” or “give us our bread” or “help us to forgive” – seven petitions to the Our Father. And she says, it is better to pray one petition mindfully than to pray the Our Father mindlessly. This comes from The Way of Perfection. So today, pray one petition of the Our Father instead of the whole Our Father.
