Catechetical Instructions: Explanation of the Lord's Prayer

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Contents 1 FIVE QUALITIES OF PRAYER 2 THE OPENING WORDS OF THE LORD'S PRAYER 3 THE FIRST PETITION: "Hallowed Be Thy Name." 4 THE SECOND PETITION: "Thy Kingdom Come." 5 THE THIRD PETITION: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven." 6 THE FOURTH PETITION "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread." 7 THE FIFTH PETITION: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us." 8 THE SIXTH PETITION: "And Lead Us Not Into Temptation." 9 SEVENTH PETITION: "But Deliver Us from Evil. Amen." 10 A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE WHOLE PRAYER

FIVE QUALITIES OF PRAYER

THE OPENING WORDS OF THE LORD'S PRAYER

• PREPARATION FOR THE PETITIONS
• THE PREEMINENCE OF GOD

THE FIRST PETITION: "Hallowed Be Thy Name."

• GOD'S NAME IS LOVABLE
• GOD'S NAME IS VENERABLE
• GOD'S NAME IS INEFFABLE
• MEANING OF HALLOWED

THE SECOND PETITION: "Thy Kingdom Come."

• WHY WE PRAY THUS
• WHY WE DESIRE THIS KINGDOM

THE THIRD PETITION: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven."

• THE WILL OF GOD
• WHAT DOES GOD WILL?
• THE COMMANDMENTS: GOD'S WILL
• LET THY WILL BE DONE

THE FOURTH PETITION "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread."

THE FIFTH PETITION: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us."

• WHY DO WE MAKE THIS PETITION?
• THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS PETITION
• WHAT MUST WE DO?

THE SIXTH PETITION: "And Lead Us Not Into Temptation."

• WHAT IS TEMPTATION?
• HOW IS ONE TEMPTED?

SEVENTH PETITION: "But Deliver Us from Evil. Amen."

• THE VALUE OF PATIENCE

A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE WHOLE PRAYER