Our Father in heaven

120 Why has Christ commanded us to address God thus: 'Our Father'?

120 That immediately, at the very beginning of our prayer, he might arouse in us childlike reverence and trust toward God, 1 who is not to be approached with dread or terror, but with childlike confidence and love, as children approach an affectionate father. 2

121 Why is the word 'our' added?

121 That immediately, at the very beginning of our prayer, he might arouse in us childlike reverence and trust toward God, who is not to be approached with dread or terror, but with childlike confidence and love, as children approach an affectionate father. 1

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