Catechism of the Catholic Church
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2839 With bold confidence, we began praying to our Father. In begging him that his name be hallowed, we were in fact asking him that we ourselves might be always made more holy. But though we are clothed with the baptismal garment, we do not cease to sin, to turn away from God. Now, in this new petition, we return to him like the prodigal son and, like the tax collector, recognize that we are sinners before him. 133 Our petition begins with a "confession" of our wretchedness and his mercy. Our hope is firm because, in his Son, "we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." 134 We find the efficacious and undoubted sign of his forgiveness in the sacraments of his Church. 135
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PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER |
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SECTION TWO: THE LORD'S PRAYER: "OUR FATHER!" |
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ARTICLE 3: THE SEVEN PETITIONS |
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V. "AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US" |
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133 Cf. Lk 15:11-32, 18:13.134 Col 1:14; Eph 1:7.
135 Cf. Mt 26:28; Jn 20:23.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
