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** it is about God, not us | ** it is about God, not us | ||
** they are to strengthen our faith | ** they are to strengthen our faith | ||
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* 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” ([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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|'''''Our Father,''''' | |'''''Our Father,''''' | ||
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* the New Covenant in Jesus Christ and communion with the Holy Trinity brings us to the Father | * 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]) | ** through the New Covenant we are adopted as children of God ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/668/ CCC 2782]) | ||
* "Our" expresses a relationship not a possession ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/670/ CCC 2786]) | |||
** "Our" implies that the Father is of all of humanity ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/668/ CCC 2792]) | |||
* We have become "his" people (the Father's) through the New Covenant given to us by Christ, the Son ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/670/ CCC 2787]) | |||
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|'''''who | |'''''who art in Heaven,''''' | ||
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|* Heaven = above all creation | | | ||
* Heaven = above all creation | |||
* God's transcends all of creation | |||
* recognizes that sin has separated us from God and Heaven | |||
* see ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/672/ CCC 2794-95]) | |||
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|'''''hallowed be Thy name.''''' | |'''''hallowed be Thy name.''''' | ||