Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 512.
(Youcat
answer) The Our Father came about at the request of one of Jesus’ disciples,
who saw his Master praying and wanted to learn from Jesus himself how to pray
correctly.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2759)
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." (Lk 11:1). 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 (Cf. Lk 11:2-4), while St. Matthew
gives a more developed version of seven petitions (Cf. Mt 6:9-13). The
liturgical tradition of the Church has retained St. Matthew's text: Our Father
who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Reflecting and meditating
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2760)
Very early on, liturgical usage concluded the Lord's Prayer with a doxology. In
the Didache, we find, "For yours
are the power and the glory for ever" (Didache 8, 2: SCh 248, 174). The Apostolic Constitutions add to the
beginning: "the kingdom," and this is the formula retained to our day
in ecumenical prayer (Apostolic
Constitutions, 7, 24, 1: PG 1, 1016). The Byzantine tradition adds after
"the glory" the words "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." the Roman Missal develops the last petition
in the explicit perspective of "awaiting our blessed hope" and of the
Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13; cf. Roman Missal 22, Embolism after the Lord's Prayer). Then comes the
assembly's acclamation or the repetition of the doxology from the Apostolic Constitutions.
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