Article 1 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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For the People of God, the Temple was to be the place of their education in
prayer: pilgrimages, feasts and sacrifices, the evening offering, the incense,
and the bread of the Presence (“shewbread”) – all these signs of the
holiness and glory of God Most High and Most Near were appeals to and ways of
prayer. But ritualism often encouraged an excessively external worship. the
people needed education in faith and conversion of heart; this was the mission
of the prophets, both before and after the Exile.

PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER