1. Of what does the Third Part of our Catechism treat? 2. Why do we call this prayer the Lord's Prayer? 3. On what occasion did the Lord teach His disciples this prayer? 4. Why do we Christians use this prayer so often? 5. But it is not enough to recite this prayer if we would use it correctly; what else is needed? 6. Whom do we address when we say "Our _"Father"?_ [tr. note: punctuation is correct] 7. Why did Jesus teach us to use the name Father in this prayer? 8. How does God become our Father, and how do we become His children? 9. In whose name should we therefore always pray? 10. Who only can really pray to God? 11. Of what is a child certain when he asks his father for something? 12. What may we confidently expect when we pray to our dear Father? 13. Of what do the words "who art in heaven" remind us in our prayer? 14. Our Father to whom we pray is the almighty God; what can He therefore do regarding our prayers? 15. Why does our Lord teach us to say, _"Our_ Father"? LESSON 40. The Lord's Prayer. The First Petition. Which is the First Petition? _Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name._ What does this mean? _God's name is indeed holy in itself; but we pray in this petition that it may be holy among us also._ How is this done? _When the Word of God is taught in its truth and purity, and we, as the children of God, also lead a holy life according to it. This grant us, dear Father in heaven. But he that teaches and lives otherwise than God's Word teaches, profanes the name of God among us. From this preserve us, Heavenly Father!_ 1. _"Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name,"_ this is our first petition. It is a matter of utmost importance that God's name be hallowed among us; for this reason our Lord teaches us to pray for it in the first place. _"God's name is indeed holy in itself."_ God has a name above every other name. In heaven and earth there is no name higher or more sacred than the name of our heavenly Father; no name can be compared with it. It is holy in itself. We cannot and we need not _make it holy._ What, then, do we ask for in this petition? Since the name of our Father in heaven is so holy and so exalted, we pray _that it may be holy among us also,_ that we, His children, may hold it sacred and use it rightly both in words and deeds.