II. Abba – “Father!”
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Before we make our own this first exclamation of the Lord’s Prayer, we must
humbly cleanse our hearts of certain false images drawn “from this
world.” Humility makes us recognize that “no one knows the Son except
the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the
Son chooses to reveal him,” that is, “to little
children.”30 The purification of our hearts has to do with
paternal or maternal images, stemming from our personal and cultural history,
and influencing our relationship with God. God our Father transcends the
categories of the created world. To impose our own ideas in this area
“upon him” would be to fabricate idols to adore or pull down. To pray
to the Father is to enter into his mystery as he is and as the Son has revealed
him to us.
- SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
- Article 2 “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”
- II. Abba – “Father!”
- Article 2 “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PA2.HTM
