The Lord's Prayer - I

1. What is the fundamental Christian prayer?

2. True or false. We could say that Our Father is the summary of the whole gospel.

3. The Lord's Prayer is unique among all prayers. Why?

4. Of which of the following sacraments and sacramentals is the Lord's Prayer a part?
   Choose any combination of the following.
   1. Baptism
   2. Confirmation
   3. Eucharist
   4. Reconciliation
   5. Liturgy of the Hours

5. True or false. Both humbleness and boldness are proper dispositions for one who prays the Our Father.

6. True or false. It is blasphemous to refer to ourselves in any way as children of God, for only Jesus Christ is Son of God.

7. True or false. The Our Father reveals us to ourselves.

8. True or false. Praying the Our Father should give us the desire to become like him.

9. When we pray the "our" in "our Father" we:
   Choose any combination of the following.
   1. recognize that his promises of love are fulfilled in the new covenant.
   2. affirm the trinitarian communion.
   3. recognize our praying in the communion of God and men in the Church.
   4. pray for all those who do not yet know him.
   5. pray for the unity of his disciples.

10. True or false. "Who art in heaven" refers to place of God's dwelling.

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