The Fourth Petition.
Q. WHAT is the fourth petition?
A. Give us this day our daily bread.
A. Give us this day our daily bread.
Q. What do we beg by this?
A. All food and nourishment for our souls and bodies.
A. All food and nourishment for our souls and bodies.
Q. What is the food of the soul?
A. The word of God, the holy sacraments, especially the blessed Eucharist, and divine grace.
A. The word of God, the holy sacraments, especially the blessed Eucharist, and divine grace.
Q. How prove you, that by this petition Christ intended the blessed bread of the Eucharist?
A. Because in Matt. vi. 11, we read "our supersubstantial bread."
A. Because in Matt. vi. 11, we read "our supersubstantial bread."
Q. Why is the Eucharist called our daily bread?
A. Because it is daily offered for our sins on the altar, and we ought daily to receive it, at least in spirit and desire.
A. Because it is daily offered for our sins on the altar, and we ought daily to receive it, at least in spirit and desire.
Q. Who say this petition ill?
A. Such as are cold and careless in coming to the sacraments, and in hearing divine service, or exhortations; and such as ascribe their temporal goods and blessings to their own industry and providence, and not to any special bounty or gift of God.
A. Such as are cold and careless in coming to the sacraments, and in hearing divine service, or exhortations; and such as ascribe their temporal goods and blessings to their own industry and providence, and not to any special bounty or gift of God.
Next - The Douai Catechism, 1649 - CHAPTER V. - The Lord's Prayer Expounded - The Fifth Petition.
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