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Run through all the words of the holy prayers [in Scripture], and I do not think that you will find anything in them that is not contained and included in the Lord's Prayer. (per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/664/ CCC 2762]) | Run through all the words of the holy prayers [in Scripture], and I do not think that you will find anything in them that is not contained and included in the Lord's Prayer. (per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/664/ CCC 2762]) | ||
* Saint Thomas Aquinas called it the "most perfect of prayers" (per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/666/ CCC 2774])<br /> | * Saint Thomas Aquinas called it the "most perfect of prayers" (per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/666/ CCC 2774])<br /> | ||
== | == Our Father prayer & the "Seven Petitions" == | ||
=== The Seven Petitions === | === The Seven Petitions === | ||
* the Lord's Prayer contains seven "Petitions" for seven blessings ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/674/ CCC 2803]) | * the Lord's Prayer contains seven "Petitions" for seven blessings ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/674/ CCC 2803]) | ||
** ''thy | === First three Petitions: carry us toward God === | ||
** it is | * ''hallowed be thy name'' | ||
** | * ''thy kingdom come'' | ||
* ''thy will be done'' | |||
** it is recognition of the Father | |||
** the petitions are to strengthen our faith | |||
** see [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/674/ CCC 2804, 2806] | |||
=== The other four petitions === | |||
* ''Give us this day our daily bread'' | |||
* ''Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us'' | |||
* ''lead us not into temptation'' | |||
* ''but deliver us from evil'' | |||
** these petitions offer up to God our expectations for the present world | |||
** see [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/674/ CCC 2805] | |||
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'''''We dare to say...''''' | '''''We dare to say...''''' | ||
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* Moses didn't know what to call God, who told him to call him "I am Who I am" ("Yahwey") | * Moses didn't know what to call God, who told him to call him "I am Who I am" ("Yahwey") | ||
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* we "dare" to call God “our Father” because it is a bold statement that we have inherited from Christ ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/666/ CCC 2777]) | * we "dare" to call God “our Father” because it is a bold statement that we have inherited from Christ ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/666/ CCC 2777]) | ||
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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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* recognition that only through prayer can we "discern" the will of God and "obtain the endurance to do it" ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/680/ CCC 2826]) | * recognition that only through prayer can we "discern" the will of God and "obtain the endurance to do it" ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/680/ CCC 2826]) | ||
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|'''''Give us this day | |'''''Give us this day our daily bread,'''''<small>*note: some translations have a comma after "day"</small> | ||
|Petition no. 4 | |Petition no. 4 | ||
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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 | ||
* 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, | * 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: | ||