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2814 The sanctification of his name
among the nations depends 2045
inseparably on our life and our prayer:
We ask God to hallow his name, which by its own holiness
saves and makes holy all creation... It is this name that
gives salvation to a lost world. But we ask that this name
of God should be hallowed in us through our actions. For
Gods name is blessed when we live well, but is
blasphemed when we live wickedly. As the Apostle says:
The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles
because of you. We ask then that, just as the name
of God is holy, so we may obtain his holiness in our
souls ~82 When we say
hallowed be thy name, we ask that it should be
hallowed in us, who are in him; but also in others whom
Gods grace still awaits, that we may obey the precept
that obliges us to pray for everyone, even our enemies. That
is why we do not say expressly hallowed be thy name
in us, for we ask that it be so in all
men.~ 2815 This petition
embodies all the others. Like the six petitions
Father is our prayer, if it is prayed in
the name of Jesus.8~ In his priestly prayer, Jesus asks:
Holy Father, protect in your name those whom you have
given me.8~
2816 In the New Testament, the word
basileia can be translated by
(action noun). The Kingdom of God lies ahead
of us. It is brought near in the Word incarnate, it is
proclaimed throughout the whole Gospel, and it has come in
Christs death and Resurrection. The
the Eucharist, it is in our midst. The
Kingdom will come in glory when Christ hands it over to his
Father: It may even be. . .
that the Kingdom of God means Christ himself, whom we
daily desire to come, and whose coming we wish to be
manifested quickly to us. For as he is our
resurrection, since in him we rise, so he can also
be understood as the Kingdom of God, for in him we shall
reign.86
2632, 671 Bride: Come, Lord
Jesus. Even if it had not been
prescribed to pray for the coming of the kingdom, we would
willingly have brought forth this speech, eager to embrace
our hope. In indignation the souls of the martyrs under the
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