Abba Pater

Attende, Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi
Turn to us with mercy, Lord; we have sinned against you. Lenten liturgy

Non enim accepistis …
You did not receive a spirit of slavery, but you have received a spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, "Abba, Father!" (Romans 8:15)

Tu sei mio figlio …
"You are my son; today I am your father. (Psalm 2:7)

Io gli sarò Padre …
I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. (2 Samuel 7:14)

Sono parole profetiche …
These are prophetic words. They speak of God, who is the Father in the highest and most authentic sense of the word. Isaiah says: “LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you are the potter: we are all the work of your hands. (Isaiah 64:8)

Shema Israel

Sion ha detto …
But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me."
Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. (Isaiah 49:14-15)

Shema Israel

È significativo che nei brani …
It is significant that in the passages from the prophet Isaiah the paternity of God is filled with images inspired by maternity. Jesus refers again and again to the paternity of God in regard to mankind by alluding to numerous passages contained in the Old Testament.
For Jesus, God is not only the Father of Israel and the Father of mankind, but also his Father and my Father. (General Audience Vatican City, Oct. 16, 1985)

Pater noster, qui es in caelis:
sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;
adveniat Regnum Tuum;
fiat voluntas Tua,
sicut in caelo, et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem;
sed libera nos a Malo.