[HarleyD]

...because he is a father to all.”

Joh_8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Er... our Lord didn't see it that way. We all start out as children of the devil. As our Lord reminds us, our will is against God's will. Some of us are adopted into our Father's family as He gives us the desire to follow His will.

There are the righteous and the unrighteous. The only thing that separates us is which way our wills our bent. But that makes a difference as to who our father actually is.

[NYer]

Pope Francis was referencing Matthew 6:9-15. He is explaining the Lord’s prayer. That was the scripture reading for today.