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Can Christians still pray the Our Father in the twenty-first century? We can, and we must. Gerhard Lohfink breaks open its strange phrases like "hallowed be thy name," its off-putting language like "Father" and "kingdom," and its apparently harsh demands like forgive us as we have forgiven those who hurt us-all to shed light on Jesus' original words and their meaning. By probing what the prayer meant for Jesus and his first disciples in their world Lohfink calls us to allow the Our Father to break open our own minds and hearts to its infinite invitation and challenge for our time and for all ages.
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"I especially appreciate how Lohfink reveals the Jewishness of the prayer. I'll continue to say these words in traditional form at mass, and in times of personal prayer, but I understand them better than ever before."
Jon M. Sweeney, coauthor of Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart
"The Our Father is a deeper prayer than I have known. Lofink teaches a practice of eschatology. This reign of God at-work-now is most urgent in our times. This book is ideal for preachers and teachers in our Church."
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB, author of Renouncing Violence: Practice from the Monastic Traditi