The Third Petition.
Q. WHAT is the third petition?
A. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
A. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Q. What do we beg by this?
A. That God would enable us by his holy grace to keep his commandments, and obey his will in all things.
A. That God would enable us by his holy grace to keep his commandments, and obey his will in all things.
Q. What mean you by the words, on earth as it is in heaven?
A. We beg by those, that we may be as ready and willing to do the will of God on earth, as the blessed saints and angels are in heaven.
A. We beg by those, that we may be as ready and willing to do the will of God on earth, as the blessed saints and angels are in heaven.
Next - The Douai Catechism, 1649 - CHAPTER V. - The Lord's Prayer Expounded - The Fourth Petition.
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