one could conclude that what we call the Our Father was in part a concession, probably a good one, to that understandable social need of ours. But let’s be honest, Jesus himself goes into silence, into nature, and usually alone when he prays. (Check it out in Luke 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18, 28–29, 11:1, and 22:41.) It is rather amazing we have not noted this.

