What does it mean to say “Our Father?”

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What does it mean to say “Our Father?”

Praying hands. Photo: Giovanni Portelli. The goal of worship and prayer might be described as coming into the presence of God. This does not mean having visions of singing angels, or streets paved with gold. The practice of the presence of God is at once quieter and more serious. It does not take me out of myself, so much as it brings me to a deep and peaceful confidence that God does exist, and that He is present in and to the world, in a myste…