The distinction of petitions of the Lord's Prayer which is said daily at the altar.
Therefore, the first three petitions—Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven—are eternal. The following four, however, pertain to this life. Give us this day our daily bread: shall we ask for daily bread every day when we have reached that satiety? Forgive us our debts: shall we say this when we have no debts in that kingdom? Lead us not into temptation: shall we be able to say this when there is no temptation? Deliver us from evil: shall we say this when there is nothing from which we need to be delivered? Therefore, these four are necessary for our daily life, but those three are for eternity. Yet let us ask for all, so that we may reach the eternal; and let us here pray that we may not be separated from it. The prayer is to be said daily by you when you have been baptized. For in the church, at the altar of God, this Lord's prayer is said every day, and the faithful hear it. Therefore, we do not fear that you might hold it less diligently: because even if one of you should not be able to hold it perfectly, by hearing it daily, he will hold it.
A symbol to be kept in memory.
Therefore, on the day of the Sabbath, when we are to watch in God's mercy, you will recite, not the Prayer, but the Creed. For if you do not hold fast to the Creed, you do not hear the Creed in the church, among the people daily. But when you hold fast to it, so that you do not forget it, recite it daily; when you rise, when you prepare yourselves for sleep, recite your Creed, recite it to the Lord, remember yourselves, do not be reluctant to repeat it. For repetition is good, lest forgetfulness creep in. Do not say: I said it yesterday, I said it today, I say it daily, I know it well. Recall your faith, examine yourself: let your Creed be as a mirror to you. See yourself there, if you believe all that you profess to believe, and rejoice daily in your faith. Let these be your wealth, let these be as your daily garments of your mind in some way. Do you not, when you rise, clothe yourself? Thus, by recalling your Creed, clothe your soul, lest forgetfulness strip it, and you remain naked, and what the Apostle says happens to you, may it not happen: If indeed we are found unclothed, not naked. For we will be clothed with our faith; and this faith is both a tunic and a breastplate: a tunic, against shame; a breastplate, against adversity. But when we come to that place where we will reign, it is not necessary to recite the Creed: we will see God, God Himself will be our vision; the vision of God will be the reward of this faith.