Our Father: Difference between revisions
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* [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/micah/4?8 Mi 4:8] ("To you it shall come: the former dominion shall be restored, the reign of daughter Jerusalem.") | * [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/micah/4?8 Mi 4:8] ("To you it shall come: the former dominion shall be restored, the reign of daughter Jerusalem.") | ||
* note: the second coming is revealed by Christ in the New Testament | * note: the second coming is revealed by Christ in the New Testament | ||
|* “kingdom come” = ages before, now and to come | | | ||
* “kingdom come” = ages before, now and to come | |||
* but primarily to the Kingdom to come in "the final coming of the reign of God through Christ's return" ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/678/ CCC 2818]) | |||
* recognizes God’s reign over all things and time | * recognizes God’s reign over all things and time | ||
* affirms the presence of the Holy Spirit whose "outpouring" at Pentecost sets the path towards Christ's ultimate Reign and "bringing to perfection" God's work in the world that "he might sanctify creation to the full" (EP IV per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/678/ CCC 2818]) | |||
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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.''''' | ||
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* | *Prayer that we carry out the Father’s will | ||
**and focus on the Father and not ourselves | |||
* and | * 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]) | ||
* Christ teaches that we enter the Kingdom of God by doing his will ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/680/ CCC 2826]) | |||
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|'''''Give us this day, our daily bread,''''' | |'''''Give us this day, our daily bread,''''' | ||
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* also the Feeding of the 4,000 and 5,000 in the Gospels | * also the Feeding of the 4,000 and 5,000 in the Gospels | ||
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* "Give us" "expresses the covenant" ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/680/ CCC 2829]) | |||
* the | * "Bread" is both material and spiritual ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/680/ CCC 2830]) | ||
* the Greek word used for “bread” implies “super” or “above,” thus “supernatural” bread, as in Manna | |||
** the Manna had to be collected each morning, so it was daily | |||
* | * Note that the Our Father prayer is spoken just before the consecration of the Eucharist, the Body of Christ | ||
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|'''''and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,''''' | |'''''and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,''''' | ||
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* refers to the Jubilee, which forgave debts, esp. seized land | * refers to the Jubilee, which forgave debts, esp. seized land | ||
** the Jubilee is referenced in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5:5 Mt 5:5]: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land” relates to having land returned from forgiveness of debts | ** the Jubilee is referenced in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5:5 Mt 5:5]: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land” relates to having land returned from forgiveness of debts | ||
|* Recognizes | | | ||
* Recognizes our sins | |||
* “I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” (Jn 13:34) | * “I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/13?34 Jn 13:34]) | ||
* “Blessed | * “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5?7 Mt 5:7]) | ||
* “Be | * “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,''''' | ||
|Petition no. 6 | |Petition no. 6 | ||
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|* recognizes our sinful nature (concupiscence) | | | ||
* recognizes our sinful nature (concupiscence) | |||
* prayer to avoid the “occasion of sin” | * prayer to avoid the “occasion of sin” | ||
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|Petition no. 7 | |Petition no. 7 | ||
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|* protect | | | ||
* protect us from Satan, the “Evil one” | |||
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