CCC 2767
Christian Prayer›SECTION TWO THE LORD'S PRAYER›Article 1 "THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL"›III. The Prayer of the Church
This indivisible gift of the Lord's words and of the Holy Spirit who gives life to them in the hearts of believers has been received and lived by the Church from the beginning. the first communities prayed the Lord's Prayer three times a day, in place of the "Eighteen Benedictions" customary in Jewish piety.
Footnotes
- Cf. Didache 8, 3: SCh 248, 174.
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