I think the central message in the “Our Father” is the passage, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I’m assuming heaven is a beautiful place where love abounds among all its dwellers.
So, every time we recite the “Our Father,” we ask God to make the earth as nice as heaven is.
Well, that’s not happening!
We still have violence, hatred and a world where the have-nots vastly outnumber the haves.
We have injustice.
Think of the thousands of veterans who fought our nation’s wars and were so traumatized by the horrors or battle that they live on our cities’ streets while being unable to rejoin a civil society.
So, how will this world become more heaven-like?
Only if you and I do something about the unfairness and injustice we see all around us
If not today, when?
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