Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Contents

III. Prayer of Intercession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 IV. PrayerofThanksgiving.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634 V. Prayer of Praise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 INBRIEF.........................636 CHAPTER TWO: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER . . . . . . . . 637 Article 1: AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER. . . . . . . 637 INBRIEF.........................639 Article 2: THE WAY OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 INBRIEF.........................644 Article 3: GUIDES FOR PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 INBRIEF.........................647 CHAPTER THREE: THE LIFE OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . 648 Article 1: EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . 648 I.VocalPrayer.......................648 II.Meditation........................649 III. Contemplative Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 INBRIEF.........................652 Article 2: THE BATTLE OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . 653 I. ObjectionstoPrayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 II. Humble Vigilance of Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 III.FilialTrust........................655 IV. PerseveringinLove.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 Article 3: THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS. . . . . . 659 INBRIEF.........................660 SECTION TWO: THE LORD’S PRAYER “OUR FATHER!”. . 661 Article 1: “THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL”. . . 662 I. At the Center of the Scriptures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 II. “TheLord’sPrayer”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 III. ThePrayeroftheChurch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .663 INBRIEF.........................665 Article 2: “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”. . . . . . 665 I.“WeDaretoSay”.....................665 II. “Father!”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666 III.“Our”Father.......................668 IV. “WhoArtinHeaven”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 INBRIEF.........................671 Article 3: THE SEVEN PETITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672 I. “HallowedBeThyName”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 II. “ThyKingdomCome”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .675 III. “Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven”. . . . . . . . 677 IV. “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 V. “And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who TrespassAgainstUs”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .681 VI. “And Lead Us Not into Temptation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 VII. “But Deliver Us from Evil”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Article 4: THE FINAL DOXOLOGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 INBRIEF.........................687 IndexofCitations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861 Glossary........................864