Refusal to harm others, a readiness to suffer harm,
peaceableness with our brethren,
this is what it means to do the will of the Father.

 
St. Cyprian, 3rd century

Humility in our daily lives, an unwavering faith,
modesty in conversation, mercy in deed…
this is what it means to do the will of the Father.

 
St. Cyprian, 3rd century

Faith, hope, and love bring us safely to God
when we believe, hope, desire, and consider
what we are asking of the Lord in this prayer.

 
cf. St. Augustine, 5th century

Whomever prays for the coming of God’s kingdom
prays rightly to have it within himself,
that there it might grow and bear fruit and become perfect;
for God reigns in each of his holy ones.

 
Origen, 3rd century

Much more is accomplished by a single word
of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart,
than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste
and without attention.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

To ask the Father in words his Son has given us,
to let him hear the prayer of Christ ringing in his ears,
is to make our prayer one of friendship, a family prayer.

 
St. Cyprian, 3rd century

What prayer could be more a prayer in the Spirit
than the one given us by Christ,
by whom the Holy Spirit was sent upon us?

 
St. Cyprian, 3rd century

By experiencing temptations, we know ourselves.
By fighting them, we have the chance to become winners.
By overcoming them, we are crowned victors.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century