The Lord's Prayer Expounded
Q. WHAT is the Pater Noster?
A. It is the most holy prayer, that ever was.
A. It is the most holy prayer, that ever was.
Q. Who made it?
A. Christ our Lord, the eternal wisdom of his Father, Matt. vi. 9.
A. Christ our Lord, the eternal wisdom of his Father, Matt. vi. 9.
Q. Why did he make it?
A. To teach us a set form of prayer, and how we ought to pray.
A. To teach us a set form of prayer, and how we ought to pray.
Q. Why did he make it in so short and plain a manner?
A. That all persons might be able to understand and practise it.
A. That all persons might be able to understand and practise it.
Q. What doth it contain?
A. All those chief things which we can ask or hope for of God.
A. All those chief things which we can ask or hope for of God.
Q. How many petitions does it contain?
A. Seven.
A. Seven.
Q. What understand you by these words, which are prefixed to the petition, Our Father who art in Heaven?
A. I understand that God is our Father, both by creation and by adoption: and if we be in the state of grace, we may confidently come to him, and beg all blessings of him.
A. I understand that God is our Father, both by creation and by adoption: and if we be in the state of grace, we may confidently come to him, and beg all blessings of him.
Q. How prove you that?
A. Out of 1 John iii. 1. "See what manner of charity the Father hath given us, that we should be named, and be the sons of God."
A. Out of 1 John iii. 1. "See what manner of charity the Father hath given us, that we should be named, and be the sons of God."
Q. Why do you say, our Father, and not my Father?
A. Because God is the common Father of all, and all good Christians must pray for one another,
according to the article in the Creed. "I believe in the communion of saints."
A. Because God is the common Father of all, and all good Christians must pray for one another,
according to the article in the Creed. "I believe in the communion of saints."
Q. What understand you by the words, Who art in heaven?
A. I understand that God who fills heaven and earth, and is in all things, times, and places, is in heaven in a peculiar manner, declaring and manifesting his glory to the blessed; and therefore when we pray, we must lift up our minds to him, and keep them fixed upon heavenly things.
A. I understand that God who fills heaven and earth, and is in all things, times, and places, is in heaven in a peculiar manner, declaring and manifesting his glory to the blessed; and therefore when we pray, we must lift up our minds to him, and keep them fixed upon heavenly things.
Q. How prove you that?
A. Out of Jer. xlviii. 10. "Cursed be he that doth the word of God negligently."
A. Out of Jer. xlviii. 10. "Cursed be he that doth the word of God negligently."
Next - The Douai Catechism, 1649 - CHAPTER V. - The Lord's Prayer Expounded - The First Petition.
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