Catechism of the Catholic Church

xii Contents III. Prayer of Intercession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 IV. Prayer of Thanksgiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 V. Prayer of Praise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 CHAPTER TWO: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER . . . . . . . . 637 Article 1: AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER . . . . . . . 637 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 Article 2: THE WAY OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Article 3: GUIDES FOR PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 CHAPTER THREE: THE LIFE OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . 648 Article 1: EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . 648 I. Vocal Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 II. Meditation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 III. Contemplative Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Article 2: THE BATTLE OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . 653 I. Objections to Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 II. Humble Vigilance of Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 III. Filial Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 IV. Persevering in Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 Article 3: THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS. . . . . . 659 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 SECTION TWO: THE LORD’S PRAYER “OUR FATHER!” . . 661 Article 1: “THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL”. . . 662 I. At the Center of the Scriptures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 II. “The Lord’s Prayer”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 III. The Prayer of the Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 Article 2: “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”. . . . . . 665 I. “We Dare to Say”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 II. “Father!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 III. “Our” Father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 IV. “Who Art in Heaven”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 Article 3: THE SEVEN PETITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672 I. “Hallowed Be Thy Name”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 II. “Thy Kingdom Come” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 III. “Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven”. . . . . . . . 677 IV. “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 V. “And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 VI. “And Lead Us Not into Temptation”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 VII. “But Deliver Us from Evil”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Article 4: THE FINAL DOXOLOGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 Index of Citations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864