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2841 This petition is so important that it is the only one to which the Lord returns and which he develops explicitly in the Sermon on the Mount. ¹³⁷ This crucial requirement of the covenant mystery is impossible for man. But "with God all things are possible." ¹³⁸

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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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137 Cf. Mt 6:14-15; 5:23-24; Mk 11:25.

138 Mt 19:26.

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