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Symbols of the Seven Sacraments Are Found in the ‘Our Father’

Carl Bloch, “The Sermon on the Mount”, 1877

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Carl Bloch, “The Sermon on the Mount”, 1877

“The Lord’s Prayer is the quintessential prayer of the Church. … Integrated into the Eucharist it reveals the eschatological character of its petitions, hoping for the Lord, ‘until he comes.’” (CCC 2776)