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"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!" (Mark 1:15). "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind," and "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:37-39). "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6). "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28). "Everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken." [Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty?] Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who was born by the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, And was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and died and was buried, and rose on the third day, alive from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and sat at the right hand of the Father, and will come to judge the living and the dead? Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Church, and the resurrection of the body? - Hippolytus of Rome, "Apostolic Tradition," written c. 215–217 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. (For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.)