Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.” (Lk 11:1-4)
Luke’s version of the Lord’s prayer is the stripped down model, neat and clean, and to the point, a lot like the saint for today. We remember today Saint Bruno who was the founder of the semi-eremitical order, the Carthusians. There is a film about Carthusian life entitled Into Great Silence. Nothing much happens in this film of almost three hours—except the encounter with God through great silence.
