Prayer: Gregory of Nyssa on the Lord's Prayer
Teaching on Prayer from Gregory of Nyssa: Gregory of Nyssa on the Lord's Prayer
This is a spiritual discipline on lord's Prayer and petition, drawing on Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:1-4 and Romans 8:15.
Gregory of Nyssa (d. c. 394) wrote a series of homilies on the Lord's Prayer that explore each petition as a step in the soul's ascent to God. He taught: "If someone should ask us, 'How should I pray?' , we should say, 'The way the Lord taught us.' For we have a great teacher who tells us the very words of prayer."…
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