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* prayer to God to protect us from Satan, the “Evil one” | * prayer to God to protect us from Satan, the “Evil one” | ||
* recognizes the God alone can save us from evil | * 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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The Lord's Prayer
- Pater Noster
- it was "taught and given to us by the Lord Jesus" (CCC 2765)
- also called the Lord's Prayer or oratio Dominica
- the Catholic Church generally refers to the prayer as "Our Father"
- the name comes form the "incipit", or beginnng of the first line
- Protestant churches generally refer to it as the "Lord's Prayer"
- the Catholic Church generally refers to the prayer as "Our Father"
The Lord's Prayer
Modern form
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen
- note that Catholic versions of scripture generally do not capitalize pronoun references to the Lord, the Father, or God
- i.e., "We call him 'Father'" as opposed to "We call Him 'Father'"
- note that "Father," "God," Christ," "Holy Spirit are all capitalized
- i.e., "We call him 'Father'" as opposed to "We call Him 'Father'"
Scriptural forms
Matthew 6:9-15 | Luke 11:2-4 |
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“This is how you are to pray:
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.'
But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions." |
He said to them, “When you pray, say:
your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.'" |
The Lord's instructions on how to pray
The Lord Jesus Christ gave us the prayer to be spoken thoughtfully and purposefully. In the Sermon on the Mount, he taught:
“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.(Mt 6:5-8)
"Summary of the Whole Gospel"
- Tertullian wrote, "The Lord's Prayer is truly the summary of the whole gospel" (per CCC 2774)
- Saint Augustine wrote that,
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 CCC 2762)
- Saint Thomas Aquinas called it the "most perfect of prayers" (per CCC 2774)
The "Seven Petitions"
The Seven Petitions
- the Lord's Prayer contains seven "Petitions" for seven blessings (CCC 2803)
- the first three Petitions carry us toward God
- thy name, they kingdom, they will
- it is about God, not us
- they are to strengthen our faith
Text of the prayer | The Seven Petitions | Old Testament references | Notes |
Preface at Mass: We dare to say... |
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Our Father, |
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who art in Heaven, |
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hallowed be Thy name. | Petition no. 1 |
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Thy kingdom come, | Petition no. 2 |
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Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. | Petition no. 3 |
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Give us this day, our daily bread, | Petition no. 4 |
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and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, | Petition no. 5 |
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and lead us not into temptation, | Petition no. 6 |
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but deliver us from evil | Petition no. 7 |
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Doxology
also called the "minor doxology"
- doxology = "words of praise"
- the Didache (a collection of early Church teachings, c. AD 50-120) taught the Lord's Prayer ending with the minor doxology:
"for Thine is the power and the glory for ever" ([https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-roberts.html Didache, Ch. 8])
Saying the Our Father Prayer at Mass
According o the GIRM, there is no "prescribed" (designated) position or gesture for the Lord's Prayer during Mass
See also
- Saint Augustine of Hippo's writing on the Lord's Prayer:
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