E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

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THE OUR FATHER.
instructed by Christ, and following His Divine insti
tution, we dare, we presume to call Him by a most
tender and affectionate title which otherwise we could
not venture to use, namely, Father.
Praeceptis salutaribus mon- Instructed iti, et divina institutione formati,
audemus dicere.
by Thy saving
precepts, and following Thy
divine institution, we presume
Pater noster, qui es in
coelis : sanctificetur nomen
tuum : adveniat regnum tuum :
to : say
Our Father, who art in
heaven, hallowed be Thy
Name:
fiat voluntas tua, sicut in Thy
Thy kingdom come;
will be done on earth as
coelo, et in terra. Panem nos- it is in heaven. Give us this
trum quotidianum da nobis day our daily bread : and forhodie
: et dimitte nobis debita give us our trespasses, as we
nostra, sicut et nos dimitti- forgive them that trespass
mus debitoribus nostris. Et against us. And lead us not
ne nos inducasintentationem. into temptation.
R. Sed libera nos a malo. R. But deliver us from evil.
The Priest says in a low voice :
Amen. Amen.
EXPLANATION OF THE OUR FATHER.
The Our Father is given by St. Matthew, in chapter
vi., as a portion of the Sermon on the Mount. St. Luke
gives it in chapter xi., as if it had been given for a
second time and to a different audience. There is
a slight variation between the form in St. Matthew and
in St. Luke.
In the first portion of the prayer we regard God as
our end ; in the last three petitions we beg the removal
of all obstacles to gaining that end.
The invocation Father is to give us hope in God
as first and foremost an affectionate Father who art