Our Father: Difference between revisions
→The "Seven Petitions"
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* acknowledgement of God’s all-encompassing holiness | * acknowledgement of God’s all-encompassing holiness | ||
* "Per the [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/674/ CCC 2807]: | * "Per the [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/674/ CCC 2807]: | ||
<blockquote>The term "to hallow" is to be understood here not primarily in its causative sense (only God hallows, makes holy), but above all in an evaluative sense: to recognize as holy, to treat in a holy way. </blockquote> | |||
* i.e., | * i.e., | ||
** "causative sense", as in only God can make holy | ** "causative sense", as in only God can make holy | ||
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* we recognize our sins, as well as to forgive the sins of others against us | * we recognize our sins, as well as to forgive the sins of others against us | ||
* the only lines of the Our Father that Jesus subsequently explains, in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/6?14 Mt 6:14-15], immediately following the Our Father prayer | * these are the only lines of the Our Father prayer that Jesus subsequently explains, in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/6?14 Mt 6:14-15], immediately following the Our Father prayer, | ||
<blockquote>''If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.h15But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions''.</blockquote> | <blockquote>''If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.h15But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions''.</blockquote> | ||
* Jesus elsewhere teaches: | * Jesus elsewhere teaches: | ||
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** “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5?7 Mt 5:7]) | ** “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5?7 Mt 5:7]) | ||
** “Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/6?36 Lk 6:36]) | ** “Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/6?36 Lk 6:36]) | ||
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|'''''and lead us not into temptation,''''' | |'''''and lead us not into temptation,''''' | ||