Jesus’ Revolutionary Teaching About Prayer
Keywords
Lord’s Prayer, Mount of Olives, Sermon on the Mount, prayer
Abstract
On the symbolic Mount of Olives, overlooking the holy city of Jerusalem where Jesus spent so many days teaching and healing, sits a beautiful church called Pater Noster.
The church is dedicated to the memory of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount prayer that begins with the phrase “Our Father”, or in Latin, Pater Noster. Beautiful tile inscriptions line the walls of the Pater Noster church, each containing a different language translation of the Lord’s prayer. This thoughtful artistry of the babel of tongues of God’s children calls our attention to the universality of God as our Father.
Undoubtedly during His lifetime, Jesus invoked thousands of prayers to His Father. Though very few of His prayers have been recorded for our benefit, the simple prayer in the Sermon on the Mount is revelatory and compelling.
Original Publication Citation
Jesus’ Revolutionary Teaching About Prayer, February 27, 2019.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "Jesus’ Revolutionary Teaching About Prayer" (2019). Faculty Publications. 10011.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10011
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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