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|'''''The Lord’s Prayer'''''
|'''''The Lord’s Prayer'''''
|'''The Seven Petitions'''
|'''The Seven Petitions'''
|'''Old Testament references'''
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|'''Notes'''
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Preface at Mass:
'''''We dare to say...'''''
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* we "dare" to call God “our Father” ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/666/ CCC 2777])
* Moses didn't know what to call God, who told him to call him "I am Who I am"
* we can dare to call God "Father" because Jesus brought us to the Father
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|'''''Our  Father,'''''
|'''''Our  Father,'''''
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* [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/63:16 Isa 63:16]  speaks of “our father” in the sense of the Abrahamic covenant (begs the Lord not to disown Israel even though Abraham may have)
* [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/63:16 Isa 63:16]  speaks of “our father” in the sense of the Abrahamic covenant (begs the Lord not to disown Israel even though Abraham may have)
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* [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/tobit/13?4 Tb 13:4] ("he is your Lord, and he is your God, our Father and God forever and ever!")
* [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/tobit/13?4 Tb 13:4] ("he is your Lord, and he is your God, our Father and God forever and ever!")
|* we  dare to call God “our Father”
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* as Jesus called the Father, “Abba” (an instruction for us)
* as Jesus called the Father, “Abba”


* we are also invoking the New Covenant in Jesus Christ and communion with the Holy Trinity
* the New Covenant in Jesus Christ and communion with the Holy Trinity brings us to the Father
** through the New Covenant we are adopted as children of God ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/668/ CCC 2782])
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|'''''who  art in Heaven,'''''
|'''''who  art in Heaven,'''''
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|* Heaven  = above all creation
|* Heaven  = above all creation
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** "evaluative sense," as in we recognize God's complete holiness
** "evaluative sense," as in we recognize God's complete holiness


 
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|'''''Thy kingdom come,'''''
|'''''Thy kingdom come,'''''
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|'''''Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.'''''
|'''''Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.'''''
|Petition no. 3
|Petition no. 3
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*prayer that we carry out the Father’s will
*prayer that we carry out the Father’s will
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|'''''and  lead us not into temptation,'''''
|'''''and  lead us not into temptation,'''''
|Petition no. 6
|Petition no. 6
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|* recognizes  our sinful nature (concupiscence)
|* recognizes  our sinful nature (concupiscence)


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|'''''but  deliver us from evil'''''
|'''''but  deliver us from evil'''''
|Petition no. 7
|Petition no. 7
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|* protect  us from Satan, the “Evil one”
|* protect  us from Satan, the “Evil one”
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* Saint Augustine of Hippo's writing on the Lord's Prayer:  
* Saint Augustine of Hippo's writing on the Lord's Prayer:  
**https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/ourfatheronthelordsprayer/
**https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/ourfatheronthelordsprayer/
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