Practices in Catholic ChristianityThe Lord’s Prayer

These are the words Jesus used when he taught his disciples to pray. This prayer contains all four themes of ACTS and is used in many different types of worship and across denominations.

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer does the following:

• It accepts God as holy.
• It teaches that if everyone followed God’s rules, his kingdom would be complete.
• It asks for the basic things needed to survive.
• It teaches the importance of forgiveness.
• It asks for help not to sin.