I. “Hallowed be Thy Name”
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The term “to hallow” is to be understood here not primarily in its causative
sense (only God hallows, makes holy), but above all in an evaluative sense: to
recognize as holy, to treat in a holy way. and so, in adoration, this
invocation is sometimes understood as praise and thanksgiving.66 But
this petition is here taught to us by Jesus as an optative: a petition, a
desire, and an expectation in which God and man are involved. Beginning with
this first petition to our Father, we are immersed in the innermost mystery of
his Godhead and the drama of the salvation of our humanity. Asking the Father
that his name be made holy draws us into his plan of loving kindness for the
fullness of time, “according to his purpose which he set forth in
Christ,” that we might “be holy and blameless before him in love.”67
- SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
- Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
- I. “Hallowed be Thy Name”
- Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PA7.HTM