Catechism Paragraph 2610
Part 4:
CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Section 1: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter 1: THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
Article 2: IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
Section 1: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter 1: THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
Article 2: IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
Just as Jesus prays to the Father and gives thanks before receiving his gifts, so he teaches us filial boldness: "Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will."[66] Such is the power of prayer and of faith that does not doubt: "all things are possible to him who believes."[67] Jesus is as saddened by the "lack of faith" of his own neighbors and the "little faith" of his own disciples[68] as he is struck with admiration at the great faith of the Roman centurion and the Canaanite woman.[69]
š Footnotes
[66]
Mk 11:24.
[67]
Mk 9:23; cf. Mt 21:22.
[68]
Cf. Mk 6:6; Mt 8:26.
[69]
Cf. Mt 8:10; 15:28.