I have spent much of the last day considering prayer. I have been thinking a great deal about the "Lord's Prayer" as the means that Jesus showed us how to pray to His Father. Jesus stated the Lord's Prayer to His disciples when asked How do we pray.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen
This is a deep and knowing prayer, yet it is simply presented and easily memorized.
I believe Jesus showed us this way to pray because He knew how simple it would be to learn and how effective it would be to us and our salvation.
Contemplate it sometime. I have spent many hours doing just that and I am firmly aware of my love for Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Lord's Prayer or Our Father...
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2 comments:
doesnt it go "...and deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever, amen."
thats how my church says it anyway :)
Jesus didn't say those words...but the church does add those. If you are Catholic you know the priest stops between the end of what Jesus taught us and what has been added for the purpose of the Mass.
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