What position does the Our Father hold among prayers?
The Our Father is "the most perfect prayer" (St. Thomas Aquinas) and the "summary of the whole Gospel" (Tertullian).
The Our Father is more than a prayerit is a path that leads directly into the heart of our Father. The early Christians recited this original prayer of the Church, which is entrusted to every Christian at Baptism, three times a day. We, too, should not let a day pass without trying to recite the Lord's Prayer with our lips, to take it to heart, and to make it come true in our lives. (YOUCAT question 514)
Dig Deeper: CCC section (2759-2772) and other references here.
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