December 26, 2013 – Catechism 2850 – 2856

It was interesting to think about this as not asking that evil not be around us, but that we be protected, delivered, from it. It is like a person not asking that they not be sent into battle, just that they be armored in a way that protects them and that they be brought out before they are defeated. We have talked about it many times that we have already won, if we put our trust in God, so, if we armor ourselves in God, we will not be defeated. This last petition in the perfect prayer from God is our battle cry, our “charge”. We are armored, we are delivered, we should have no fear going into the world to battle against evil.

I was thinking about that, a battle cry against evil. When you get in a situation in which you think you are against evil, a quick “deliver us from evil” would seem a very appropriate prayer.