Daily Gospel Reflection for March 11, 2025

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

The Our Father is the perfect prayer that Jesus taught His disciples as an example/model of how to pray to Our Lord. It includes these four essential aspects that ought to be included in our prayers as well and can be taught to our children using the acronym ACTS: adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication.

God is our omnipotent, omnipresent, all-powerful, all-knowing and wonderful creator God. We should always begin our prayer with words of awe, praise, adoration, and amazement, acknowledging the respect and appreciation owed to our loving God.

“Forgive us our debts” means being sorry for any wrongs that have come between us and our awesome God. These sins need to be confessed and forgiveness sought before we can ask anything else from Him. “As we forgive our trespassers” is critical as well. It is difficult to move forward in holy repentance if we are holding grudges/judgments against others.

Thank God for His mercy and love and for listening to your prayers. Thank Him in advance for granting your prayer requests, as we believe God hears and answers all of our prayers, even if it isn’t the way we hope or as soon as we’d like.

Only then is it okay to ask for whatever “daily bread” you or your loved ones need. Honestly and openly share what is weighing on your heart, knowing God loves to hear it all as your loving Father.

Ponder:

Write or say your own version of the Our Father using these four elements: adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication.

Pray:

Our Father, thank You for having Your Son teach us how You want us to come to You in prayer. May I follow this model daily in loving communication with You.

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