VI. “And Lead Us not into Temptation”
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This petition goes to the root of the preceding one, for our sins result from
our consenting to temptation; we therefore ask our Father not to
“lead” us into temptation. It is difficult to translate the Greek verb
used by a single English word: the Greek means both “do not allow us to
enter into temptation” and “do not let us yield to
temptation.”150 “God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself
tempts no one”;151 on the contrary, he wants to set us free from
evil. We ask him not to allow us to take the way that leads to sin. We are
engaged in the battle “between flesh and spirit”; this petition
implores the Spirit of discernment and strength.
- SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
- Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
- VI. “And Lead Us not into Temptation”
- Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PAC.HTM
