Question 120 - Why has Christ commanded us to address God as Our Father?

Answer - To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer that childlike reverence and trust toward God which should be basic to our prayer: God has become our Father through Christ and will much less deny us what we ask of Him in faith than our fathers would refuse us earthly things.¹

¹ Matt. 7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13.

Question 121 - Why is there added, Who art in heaven?

Answer - These words teach us not to think of God's heavenly majesty in an earthly manner,¹ and to expect from His almighty power all things we need for body and soul.²

¹ Jer. 23:23-24; Acts 17:24-25. ² Matt. 6:25-34; Rom. 8:31-32.