God’s dialogue with men

We read in the eleventh chapter of St Luke: one day Jesus was praying. What must Jesus’ prayer have been like! The disciples were nearby, perhaps watching him, and when he finished, one of them said: Domine, doce nos orare, sicut docuit et Ioannes discipulos suos (Luke 11:1); Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. And he said to them, “When you pray, say ‘Father, hallowed be your name…’” (Luke 11:2).

Fruit of these conversations

My daughters and sons, what a marvellous scene! The disciples speak to Jesus, and as a fruit of their conversation our Lord tells them how to pray and teaches them the great wonder of divine mercy: that we are children of God, that we can speak to him as a child speaks to his or her Father.

Converse with God, and converse also with your fellow men. A few scenes from the Gospel, taken from among many others, will suffice for you to understand even better the divine depth of our apostolate of friendship and trust.