SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
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Jesus “was praying at a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his
disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his
disciples.'”1 In response to this request the Lord entrusts to his
disciples and to his Church the fundamental Christian prayer. St. Luke presents
a brief text of five petitions,2 while St. Matthew gives a more
developed version of seven petitions.3 The liturgical tradition of the
Church has retained St. Matthew’s text:
- SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P9V.HTM
