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FROM PHARAOH TO THE FATHER
A Journey Toward Freedom through the Lord’s Prayer Kay Murdy Paper, $17.95 144 pages, 5½" × 8½" ISBN 0-89390-500-3 View Table of Contents |
Unpack the Lord’s Prayer and experience the Exodus. It’s true. If you meditate on the Lord’s Prayer — beginning with the last phrase and going backward to the first phrase — you move from the world of evil to the world of the Father. You recreate, in effect, the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt. Kay Murdy builds her provocative book on this insight, moving in eight steps from an all-too-real world to intimacy with the Holy One. Along the way, she builds powerful connections between Scripture and tradition and the Old and New Testaments. Discussion questions make this a useful tool for introducing catechumens to the Lord’s Prayer.
Review
“From Pharaoh to the Father is written in a clear and simple
style. Kay Murdy teaches spiritual things spiritually, and her work deserves
to be warmly welcomed as a good guide along the path of prayer and
Scripture. She has the rare gift of being able to integrate Scripture, prayer
and contemporary daily living.”
— Joseph Glynn, ODC
About the Author
Kay Murdy is co-coordinator of the Catholic Bible Institute for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. She is a regular columnist for Ministry & Liturgy magazine and author of 90 Days: Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter and Season of Emmanuel: Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
“Deliver Us from Evil”
We Journey from the Pharaoh to the Father
Moses’ Call (Exodus 1–3:22)
“Lead Us Not Into Temptation”
We Confront the Pharaoh
Moses Returns to Egypt (Exodus 4:1–11:10)
“Forgive Us Our Debts”
We Leave Egypt
The Departure from Egypt (Exodus 12:1–15:21)
“Give Us Our Daily Bread”
We Remember God’s Love
God’s Providence in the Desert (Exodus
15:22–18:27)
“Your Will Be Done on Earth As It Is in Heaven”
We Hear God’s Word
The Covenant on Mount Sinai (Exodus 19–24)
“Your Kingdom Come”
We Enter the Dwelling Place
The Tabernacle (Exodus 25–27, 36–38)
“Hallowed Be Your Name”
We Worship God
The Holy of Holies and the Priest (Exodus 28–29, 39)
“Our Father”
We Come to the Father
God’s Presence Among Us (Exodus 40)