2807 The term "sanctification" is understood here not primarily in its causative sense (only God hallows, makes holy) but especially in an evaluative sense: to recognize as holy, to treat in a holy way . Thus, in adoration, this invocation is sometimes understood as praise and thanksgiving (Psalm 111, 9; Lk 1, 49). But this demand is taught by Jesus as an optative: a request, a desire and expectation in which God and man are involved. From the first application to our Father, we are immersed in the intimate mystery of his Godhead and the drama of salvation of our humanity. Asking that his name be sanctified us into "the benevolent design he had formed in advance" so that "we should be holy and blameless before him in love" (cf. Eph 1: 9. 4).
2808 In the decisive moments of his economy God reveals his name, but it does so by accomplishing his work. Yet this work is realized for us and in us only if his name is hallowed by us and in us.
2809 The Holiness of God is the inaccessible center of his eternal mystery. This is manifested in the creation and history, Scripture calls him the glory, the radiance of his majesty (cf. Ps 8; Is 6 3). In making man in His image and likeness "(Gn 1, 26), God" crowned him with glory "(Ps 8, 6), but by sinning man is" deprived of the Glory of God " (Rom 3, 23). Therefore, God will manifest his holiness by revealing and giving his name, to restore man to the image of its Creator "(Col 3, 10).
In 2810 the promise made to Abraham and the oath that accompanies it (cf. Heb 6, 13), God commits himself but without disclosing his name. Moses that he is beginning to reveal (cf. Ex 3, 14) and the manifest to the whole people by saving the Egyptians: "he has of Glory" (Ex 15, 1). From the covenant of Sinai, the people are "hers" and it must be a "holy nation" (or consecrated, the same word in Hebrew, cf. Ex 19: 5-6) because the name of God dwells in him.
2811 Despite the holy Law that gives and gives the Holy God (cf. Lv 19: 2: "Be holy, for I your God am holy"), and although the Lord, "having regard to His name ", longsuffering, the people away from the Holy One of Israel and profane his name among the nations" (cf. Ex 20; 36). It Therefore the righteous of the Old Covenant, the poor returned from exile and the prophets were burned by the passion of the Name.
2812 Finally, in the Name of Jesus Holy God is revealed and given, in the flesh, as Savior (cf. Mt 1, 21, Lk 1, 31) revealed by what he is, by His Word and by his sacrifice (cf. Jn 8, 28, 17, 8, 17, 17-19). It is the heart of his priestly prayer: "Holy Father ... for their sake I consecrate myself, that they are also consecrated in truth" (Jn 17, 19). It is because he "sanctifies" his own name (Ez 20, 39, 36, 20-21) that Jesus is "obvious" Name of the Father (Jn 17, 6). At the end of his Passover, the Father gives him the name which is above every name: Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father (cf. Phil 2: 9-11).
In 2813 the water of Baptism, we have been "washed, sanctified, justified by the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor 6, 11). In all our lives, our Father calls us to sanctification "(1 Thessalonians 4, 7), and since it is" through him that we are in Christ Jesus, who became for us sanctification "(1 Cor 1 , 30), it is in His glory and our life that his name be hallowed in us and through us. Such is the urgency of our first application.
Who is God hallowed, since he himself sanctify? but inspiration from these words, 'Be holy because I am holy' (Lev. 20, 26), we ask that, sanctified by baptism, we persevere in what we have begun to be. And we ask this every day, because we fautons daily and we must cleanse our sins by being sanctified continually recovery ... We will use the prayer that this holiness is in us (St. Cyprian, Fr. Orat. 12: PL 4, 526A-527A).
2814 It depends inseparably our life and our prayer that his name be sanctified among the nations
We ask God to hallow his name, for it is by holiness saves and makes holy all creation ... This is the name that gives salvation to the lost world, but we ask that God's name be hallowed in us through our lives. For if we live well, the name of God is blessed, but if we live badly, he is blasphemed, in the words of the Apostle: 'The Name of God is blasphemed because of you among the nations "(Rm 2, 24 ; Ez 36, 20-22). We therefore have to earn as much in our souls sanctity of what the holy name of our God (St. Peter Chrysologue, serm. 71: PL 52, 402A).
When we say "hallowed be thy name ', we ask that it be hallowed in us, who are in him, but also in other than God's grace still awaits, in order to comply with the precept that obliges us to pray for everyone, even our enemies. That's why we do not say explicitly: Hallowed be thy name 'in us' because we ask it to be in all men (Tertullian, gold. 3).
2815 This request, which contains them all, is answered by the prayer of Christ, like the other six applications below. Prayer to our Father is our prayer if it is requested "in the Name" of Jesus (cf. Jn 14, 13, 15, 16, 16, 24. 26). Jesus asks in his priestly prayer: "Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me" (Jn 17, 11).
2808 In the decisive moments of his economy God reveals his name, but it does so by accomplishing his work. Yet this work is realized for us and in us only if his name is hallowed by us and in us.
2809 The Holiness of God is the inaccessible center of his eternal mystery. This is manifested in the creation and history, Scripture calls him the glory, the radiance of his majesty (cf. Ps 8; Is 6 3). In making man in His image and likeness "(Gn 1, 26), God" crowned him with glory "(Ps 8, 6), but by sinning man is" deprived of the Glory of God " (Rom 3, 23). Therefore, God will manifest his holiness by revealing and giving his name, to restore man to the image of its Creator "(Col 3, 10).
In 2810 the promise made to Abraham and the oath that accompanies it (cf. Heb 6, 13), God commits himself but without disclosing his name. Moses that he is beginning to reveal (cf. Ex 3, 14) and the manifest to the whole people by saving the Egyptians: "he has of Glory" (Ex 15, 1). From the covenant of Sinai, the people are "hers" and it must be a "holy nation" (or consecrated, the same word in Hebrew, cf. Ex 19: 5-6) because the name of God dwells in him.
2811 Despite the holy Law that gives and gives the Holy God (cf. Lv 19: 2: "Be holy, for I your God am holy"), and although the Lord, "having regard to His name ", longsuffering, the people away from the Holy One of Israel and profane his name among the nations" (cf. Ex 20; 36). It Therefore the righteous of the Old Covenant, the poor returned from exile and the prophets were burned by the passion of the Name.
2812 Finally, in the Name of Jesus Holy God is revealed and given, in the flesh, as Savior (cf. Mt 1, 21, Lk 1, 31) revealed by what he is, by His Word and by his sacrifice (cf. Jn 8, 28, 17, 8, 17, 17-19). It is the heart of his priestly prayer: "Holy Father ... for their sake I consecrate myself, that they are also consecrated in truth" (Jn 17, 19). It is because he "sanctifies" his own name (Ez 20, 39, 36, 20-21) that Jesus is "obvious" Name of the Father (Jn 17, 6). At the end of his Passover, the Father gives him the name which is above every name: Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father (cf. Phil 2: 9-11).
In 2813 the water of Baptism, we have been "washed, sanctified, justified by the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor 6, 11). In all our lives, our Father calls us to sanctification "(1 Thessalonians 4, 7), and since it is" through him that we are in Christ Jesus, who became for us sanctification "(1 Cor 1 , 30), it is in His glory and our life that his name be hallowed in us and through us. Such is the urgency of our first application.
Who is God hallowed, since he himself sanctify? but inspiration from these words, 'Be holy because I am holy' (Lev. 20, 26), we ask that, sanctified by baptism, we persevere in what we have begun to be. And we ask this every day, because we fautons daily and we must cleanse our sins by being sanctified continually recovery ... We will use the prayer that this holiness is in us (St. Cyprian, Fr. Orat. 12: PL 4, 526A-527A).
2814 It depends inseparably our life and our prayer that his name be sanctified among the nations
We ask God to hallow his name, for it is by holiness saves and makes holy all creation ... This is the name that gives salvation to the lost world, but we ask that God's name be hallowed in us through our lives. For if we live well, the name of God is blessed, but if we live badly, he is blasphemed, in the words of the Apostle: 'The Name of God is blasphemed because of you among the nations "(Rm 2, 24 ; Ez 36, 20-22). We therefore have to earn as much in our souls sanctity of what the holy name of our God (St. Peter Chrysologue, serm. 71: PL 52, 402A).
When we say "hallowed be thy name ', we ask that it be hallowed in us, who are in him, but also in other than God's grace still awaits, in order to comply with the precept that obliges us to pray for everyone, even our enemies. That's why we do not say explicitly: Hallowed be thy name 'in us' because we ask it to be in all men (Tertullian, gold. 3).
2815 This request, which contains them all, is answered by the prayer of Christ, like the other six applications below. Prayer to our Father is our prayer if it is requested "in the Name" of Jesus (cf. Jn 14, 13, 15, 16, 16, 24. 26). Jesus asks in his priestly prayer: "Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me" (Jn 17, 11).