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  • The Our Father in the Catechesis of Teens

    06/17/2007 4:26:04 AM PDT · by markomalley · 55 replies · 825+ views
    The Catholic Faith ^ | Jan 1998 | Tom Richard
    The Our Father in the Catechesis of Teens by Tom Richard, DFF Introduction Teens and other “beginners” need to grow in prayer     A previous article1 discussed the special needs of adolescents for authentic prayer. In their human development, God is drawing them into a natural maturity which needs and deserves a corresponding spiritual maturity. As children, they learned the beautiful formula prayers of our Faith. Entering adulthood, they increasingly need a spirituality — and hence a life of prayer — which keeps pace with their naturally expanding human horizons. The growing intellect of adolescence needs the meaningful encounter with...