The Lord’s Prayer is in the first person plural (Our Father, forgive us, lead us, etc). Whilst we know God personally, we always pray as members of God’s global community, the Church. Our personal church preference is itself just one small expression of the invisible Church, known to God alone and in contrast to the visible, or institutional constructs of human invention, both large and small. The whole Church prays; my voice is just one amongst Christ’s choir, hymning His name, and prayerfully encircling the globe continuously.
