Category: Our Father Course

Each miracle of the Gospel of St. John is simultaneously a teaching, a parable, a sign, and an event.

Thus, Mary Magdalena, who at first took him for a gardener, recognised him only by the manner in which he pronounced her name “Mary.” Thomas recognised him when the Risen One showed him the marks of his wounds. The two disciples from Emmaus knew him in the breaking of bread.

The seven churches can also be imagined as representing different historical epochs. Each of the churches has a positive and a negative element. These still live in every human being, regardless of the epoch. Our task is to develop the positive elements and overcome the negative elements.

Thy Kingdom Come: The awakened will of the human being calls upon Christ for penance. The stages of the Passion are compensation for human guilt.

Without the experience of guilt, there is no experience of the need for redemption, i.e., the Christ impulse. Meditate on these stages. This may lead to the realization of the intuition stage of the knowledge of the spiritual world, the goal of the First Beatitude.

The nine beatitudes are the nine activities of the Comforter, the Paraclete, and are oriented to the perfect human being of the future. That is, they relate to the spirit-imbued human being.

Week 2: Our Father who art in Heaven

Our Father Course: First Reading

As preparation for the Our Father course, please look at these daily exercises. There is an exercise for each day of the week. Spend 5 minutes in the morning with the exercise, and then throughout the day when it occurs to you.