Catechism index

2838 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" This petition is astonishing. If it consisted only of the first phrase, "and forgive us our trespasses," it might have been included, implicitly, in the first three petitions of the Lord's Prayer, …
2839 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" With bold confidence, we began praying to our Father. In begging him that his name be hallowed, we were in fact asking him that we ourselves might be always made more holy. …
2840 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" Now - and this is daunting - this outpouring of mercy cannot penetrate our hearts as long as we have not forgiven those who have trespassed against us. Love, like the Body …
2841 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" This petition is so important that it is the only one to which the Lord returns and which he develops explicitly in the Sermon on the Mount. 137 This crucial requirement of …
2842 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" This "as" is not unique in Jesus' teaching: "You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect"; "Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful"; "A new commandment I give …
2843 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" Thus the Lord's words on forgiveness, the love that loves to the end, 142 become a living reality. the parable of the merciless servant, which crowns the Lord's teaching on ecclesial communion, …
2844 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" Christian prayer extends to the forgiveness of enemies, 144 transfiguring the disciple by configuring him to his Master. Forgiveness is a high-point of Christian prayer; only hearts attuned to God's compassion can …
2845 V. "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" There is no limit or measure to this essentially divine forgiveness, 146 whether one speaks of "sins" as in Luke ( ⇒ 11:4), "debts" as in Matthew ( ⇒ 6:12). We are …
2846 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" This petition goes to the root of the preceding one, for our sins result from our consenting to temptation; we therefore ask our Father not to "lead" us into temptation. It is …
2847 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man, 152 and temptation, which leads to sin and death. 153 We must also discern …
2848 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" "Lead us not into temptation" implies a decision of the heart: "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.... No one can serve two masters." 156 "If we live …
2849 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in …
2850 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" The last petition to our Father is also included in Jesus' prayer: "I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from …
2851 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" In this petition, evil is not an abstraction, but refers to a person, Satan, the Evil One, the angel who opposes God. the devil (dia-bolos) is the one who "throws himself across" …
2852 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" "A murderer from the beginning, . . . a liar and the father of lies," Satan is "the deceiver of the whole world." 165 Through him sin and death entered the world …
2853 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" Victory over the "prince of this world" 169 was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death to give us his life. This is the …
2854 VI. "And Lead Us not into Temptation" When we ask to be delivered from the Evil One, we pray as well to be freed from all evils, present, past, and future, of which he is the author or instigator. …
2855 THE FINAL DOXOLOGY The final doxology, "For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever," takes up again, by inclusion, the first three petitions to our Father: the glorification of his …
2856 THE FINAL DOXOLOGY "Then, after the prayer is over you say 'Amen,' which means 'So be it,' thus ratifying with our 'Amen' what is contained in the prayer that God has taught us." 179
2857 IN BRIEF In the Our Father, the object of the first three petitions is the glory of the Father: the sanctification of his name, the coming of the kingdom, and the fulfillment of his …