Catechism Paragraph 2761
Part 4:
CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Section 2: THE LORD'S PRAYER
Article 1: THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL
Section 2: THE LORD'S PRAYER
Article 1: THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL
The Lord's Prayer "is truly the summary of the whole gospel."[7] "Since the Lord . . . after handing over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, 'Ask and you will receive,' and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer [the Lord's Prayer] is said first, as the foundation of further desires."[8]
š Footnotes
[7]
Tertullian, De orat. 1: PL 1, 1155.
[8]
Tertullian, De orat. 10: PL 1, 1165; cf. Lk 11:9.