In his weekly General Audience Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d prayer. This week he focused on the \u201cneed for perseverance in prayer.\u201d <\/p>\n
The pope said that in the Gospels Christ's entire life is 'steeped in prayer.' He noted how Jesus every action is guided by His \u201ccommunion with the Father and the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pope used the examples of when Christ prays for Peter's perseverance in faith and for forgiveness when on the cross. <\/p>\n
He stressed the need for this constancy of prayer and \u201cunwavering trust that the Father will answer our petitions.\u201d <\/p>\n
The pope added that even though God's saving plan remains mysterious one can be assured that He is the \u201cloving Father who longs to fulfill the desire for happiness\u201d in every human heart. <\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF POPE'S CATECHESIS<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n In our continuing catechesis on the Lord\u2019s Prayer, we now consider Jesus\u2019 teaching on the need for perseverance in prayer. <\/p>\n We see from the Gospels that Christ\u2019s entire life is steeped in prayer, born of his communion with the Father and the Holy Spirit who guides his every action. Jesus\u2019 constant prayer is seen above all in the events of his passion.<\/p>\n At the Last Supper, he intercedes for Peter\u2019s perseverance in faith (cf. Lk 22:32), and his last words from the cross are a prayer for forgiveness and a confession of trust in the Father\u2019s will. <\/p>\n When the disciples ask Jesus to show them how to pray, he gives them the words of the \u201cOur Father.\u201d But he goes on to tell two parables that teach the need for constancy in prayer and unwavering trust that the Father will answer our petitions. <\/p>\n As a good Father, God answers every prayer in his good time and according to his saving plan. Though the unfolding of that plan remains mysterious, we can be confident that, in the end, ours is a loving Father who longs to fulfill the desire for happiness present in every human heart.<\/p>\n I welcome the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today\u2019s Audience, especially the groups coming from the United States of America. Upon all of you, and your families, I invoke the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 9, 2019. He continued his weekly catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cwAt3Fd5A6A","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza0901eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza0901int.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}