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Roman Catechism
We Must Realise That We Are Exiles
To obtain the object of our prayers it will be found most helpful to reflect within ourselves who we are,—namely, children of Adam, exiled from Paradise by a just sentence of banishment, and deserving, by our unworthiness and perversity, to become the objects of God’s supreme hatred, and to be doomed to eternal punishment.
This consideration should excite in us humility and lowliness. Thus our prayers will be full of Christian humility; and wholly distrusting ourselves, like the publican, we will fly to the mercy of God. Attributing all to His bounty we will render immortal thanks to Him who has imparted to us that Holy Spirit, relying on whom we are emboldened to say: Abba (Father).