PART 4 THE LORDS PRAYER We should first and before all desire, seek, and pursue the good of this God who we dearly love, and ask him that the manifestation of his glory and of his goodness be finally accomplished. Through the merits of Christs Passion----uniting ourselves with it and living in divine grace and charity----we should first and before all else aspire in heart and action that we ourselves and every immortal soul should bear witness to the holiness of the heavenly Father and render his Name blessed on earth; that we should hasten the expansion of his Reign and the final coming of his Kingdom, triumphant over every other power; that we should accomplish here below his adorable Will, so that through love it may finally be established also on earth as it is established in heaven. We should pray that charity may reign in us, we should pray for ourselves in the manner taught us by Jesus in the continuation of the Lords Prayer. Here begins the prayer of sinners for themselves. We ask daily bread for our bodies and for our souls; pardon for our sins, in return for the +mercy we show toward those who have offended us; we ask our heavenly Father to guard us from the danger of temptation and for him to deliver us from evil. He will do this because He loves us and because He is the source of all good. And without this what could we offer Him? The gifts that children make wholeheartedly to their Father are always drawn in some measure from that Fathers wealth. PART 5 WILL BE POSTED ON FRIDAY.
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