The Prayer of Jesus: A Reading of the Lord’s Prayer
“If you have read all of Thomas Merton, C. S. Lewis, and Frederick Buechner, you are spiritually ready to read Kent Gramm’s meditation on the Lord’s Prayer. If you have not read Merton, Lewis, and Buechner, you will come to those writers much more spiritually endowed for having read one of Christendom’s most unique books: The Prayer of Jesus. This promises to become a universally beloved book”
A biblical text in the hands of scholars is like a ball of yarn in a litter of kittens: someone or other has disputed the authenticity of every word of the prayer except “Father” (the most problematic word). Fortunately, the whole prayer is contained in this word.
The beginning of the prayer addresses our deepest terror: Am I alone? With two words Jesus answers the question of our vast, deep, star-filled nights: “Our Father” means we are not alone.
