- Prayer and Worship - Beliefs and Teachings - Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving - About USCCB The Lord’s Prayer.a 1* He was
praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his
disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John
taught his disciples.”* 2* He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3Give us each
day our daily bread* 4and forgive us our sins for we ourselves
forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the
final test.” Further Teachings on Prayer.b 5And he said to them,
“Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and
says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6for a friend of
mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing
to offer him,’ 7and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother
me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are
already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ 8I tell
you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of
their frien