CCC 2822
Christian Prayer›SECTION TWO THE LORD'S PRAYER›Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS›III. "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven"
Our Father "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." He "is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish." His commandment is "that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another." This commandment summarizes all the others and expresses his entire will.
Footnotes
- ⇒ 1 Tim 2:3-4.
- ⇒ 2 Pet 3:9; cf. ⇒ Mt 18:14.
- ⇒ Jn 13:34; cf. ⇒ 1 Jn 3; 4; ⇒ Lk 10:25-37.