Questions and Answers

2795. What is the Hour of Jesus? (CCC 2746) The Hour of Jesus is the moment of His passion, death and Resurrection.
2796. What is the prayer of the Hour of Jesus? (CCC 2746) The prayer of the Hour of Jesus is Christ’s prayer transmitted in Jn 17.
The prayer of the hour of Jesus is the longest prayer transmitted by the Gospel.
2797. How is the prayer of the Hour of Jesus commonly called? (CCC 2747) The prayer of the Hour of Jesus is commonly called the “priestly prayer” of Christ.
2798. What is the content of the priestly prayer of Christ? (CCC 2748) The content of the priestly prayer of Christ is a big recapitulation of everything in Christ:
1. God and the world
2. the Word and the flesh
3. eternal life and time
4. love and sin
5. the disciples and the faithful
6. humiliation and glory.
2799. What does it mean that Christ is the Pantocrator? (CCC 2749) That Christ is the Pantocrator means, that He is the Lord to whom the Father has given all things.
Pantocrator is Greek for “ruler over all things”.
2800. What are the themes common to Christ’s priestly prayer and the Our Father? (CCC 2750) The themes common to Christ’s priestly prayer and the Our Father are:
1. concern for the Father’s name
2. zeal for His kingdom
3. the accomplishment of His will
4. delivrance from evil.