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Does the teaching, "All prayer is directed to the Father." have any veracity?
If it is false, does Scripture disprove it?
Don Cook
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Does, "All prayer is directed to the Father." have veracity and, if not, does Scripture refute it? }
Eric replied:
Don —
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says,;
IN BRIEF
2680 Prayer is primarily addressed to the Father; it can also be directed toward Jesus, particularly by the invocation of his holy name: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners."
2664 There is no other way of Christian prayer than Christ. Whether our prayer is communal or personal, vocal or interior, it has access to the Father only if we pray "in the name" of Jesus. The sacred humanity of Jesus is therefore the way by which the Holy Spirit teaches us to pray to God our Father.
I would augment this by saying that all prayer
"Is directed to the Father, through the mediation of the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit."
Even when we pray to Jesus or the Saints, ultimately it is going to the Father. So, it would be a mistake to take the principle that "all prayer is directed to the Father" and use it as a cudgel against praying to Jesus or the Saints who intercede for us.
Eric
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