Article 1 AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The Holy Spirit, who instructs us to celebrate the liturgy in expectation of
Christ’s return, teaches us – to pray in hope. Conversely, the prayer of the
Church and personal prayer nourish hope in us. the psalms especially, with
their concrete and varied language, teach us to fix our hope in God: “I
waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my
cry.”⁸ As St. Paul prayed: “May the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.”⁹

PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER