Daily Devotion - February 12, 2025

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. (Mt 6:9-13)

Have you heard the tale of the two monks and the horse? The first monk thought of a challenge for his companion. He offered him a horse if he could recite the Lord’s Prayer even once without his thoughts straying. The second monk took the bet and began to recite the prayer, but he stopped after two sentences. “You win,” he said. “Because even as I was praying, I began to wonder if the horse came with a saddle.”

I know that kind of distraction, and I bet you do, too! But I also know the grace and the mercy of the God. He forgives my wayward thoughts and gives me his prayer to help keep my mind and heart riveted to him.   

Prayer: Jesus, thank you for teaching me to pray! Help me to avoid distractions and to be riveted on you as I say your prayer.