Editing Our Father (section)

==== <big>Our Father Prayer & the Seven Petitions w/ scriptural references :</big> ====
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|'''Text of the prayer'''
|'''The Seven Petitions'''
|'''Old Testament references'''
|'''Notes'''
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Preface at Mass: 

'''''We dare to say...'''''
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* Moses dared to ask God his name ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/3?13 Ex 3:13-14])
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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])

* the Son brings us to the Father
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|'''''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)

* Jer [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/3:16 3:16-19] ("you would call me, 'My father'"), [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/31:9 31:9] ("The Lord says... 'I am a father to Israel'")

* [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!")
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* As Jesus called the Father, “Abba” (an instruction for us)

* 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])
* "Our" expresses a relationship not a possession ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/670/ CCC 2786])
* "Our" means that the Father is father of all 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])
* Jesus died “to gather into one the dispersed children of God” ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/11?52 Jn 11:52])
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|'''''who art in Heaven,'''''
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* 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.'''''
|Petition no. 1
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* or "holy name" as in [[But for the sake of my holy name|Eze 36:22]] ("but for the sake of my holy name")
* "hallowed" appears in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/leviticus/22:32 Lv 22:32] ("I may be hallowed") and [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/wisdom/6:10 Wis 6:10] ("For those who keep the holy precepts hallowed will be found holy"
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* acknowledgement of God’s all-encompassing holiness
* "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., 
** "causative sense", as in only God can make holy
** "evaluative sense," as in we recognize God's complete holiness

    
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|'''''Thy kingdom come,'''''
|Petition no. 2
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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.")
* note: the second coming is revealed by Christ in the New Testament
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* “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
* 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.'''''
|Petition no. 3
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*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])
*that we carry out the Father’s will
**and that we focus on the Father and not ourselves

* 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 our daily bread,'''''<small>*note: some translations have a comma after "day"</small> 
|Petition no. 4
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* [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/16:4 Ex 16:4] ("I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you")

* 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])
* "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,'''''
|Petition no. 5
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* 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
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* 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,
<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: 
** “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 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])
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|'''''and  lead us not into temptation,'''''
|Petition no. 6
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* recognizes our sinful nature (concupiscence)

* we pray to avoid the “occasion of sin”
* and that we need God's help to avoid sin
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|'''''but  deliver us from evil'''''
|Petition no. 7
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* prayer to God to protect us from Satan, the “Evil one”
* recognizes the God alone can save us from evil
* Jesus' prayer to the Father in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?15 Jn 17:15]: "I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one."
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Here for similar (less detailed) chart in pdf format: [[Media:Our Father prayer.pdf|Our Father prayer.pdf]]