#The LORD's Prayer

[spilladabalia]

Drawing by Roman Szolkowski on text by Dave Sheridan.

[godslove]

[agirlnamedbone]

Cecilia Llompart (The Wingless, 2014)

[apenitentialprayer]

Discussions of reforming our criminal justice system demand us to ask philosophical and moral questions. What should be the ultimate goal of sentencing and incarceration? Is it punishment? Rehabilitation? Forgiveness? For Catholics, these questions tie directly to the heart of our faith. Solutions are already beginning to take shape, which include unraveling the War on Drugs, reconsidering mandatory minimum sentencing, and embracing a growing private prison abolition movement that urges us to reconsider the levels at which the United States pursues mass incarceration. No matter where these proposals take us, we should pursue such conversations with an openness to change and an aim to rehabilitate our brothers and sisters wherever possible and wherever necessary. By nature, a society that forgives and rehabilitates its people is a society that forgives and transforms itself. That takes a radical kind of love, a secret of which is given in the Lord's Prayer: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And let us not forget the guiding principle of "the least among us" found in Matthew: that we are compelled to care for the hungry, thirsty, homeless, naked, sick, and, yes — the imprisoned.

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Italics original, bolded emphases added.

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

The Lord’s Prayer ~ Verse of the Day - Matthew 6:9-13

[genspiel]

our "father", who art in genshin, hallowed be thy. fucking. gigantic wings of death. thy kingdom of children come; thy will be done on teyvat as it is in the house. give us this day our daily bread, and train us to kill, so that we may destroy our enemies. and abandon us not to the primordial sea, but fight like hell to overturn the prophecy. for thine is the kingdom, and the cunning, and the hearth flame, for as long as we have breath. amen.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Our Father

He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

Give us each day our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” — Luke 11:2-4 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:1; Luke 11:5; Luke 13:4

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Lord's Prayer...translated from Aramaic directly into English.

Rather than from Aramaic to Greek to Latin to English (which most of us are used to from the King James version:

O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration,

soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us where your Presence can abide.

Fill us with your creativity so that we may be empowered to bear the fruit of your mission.

Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with our desire.

Endow us with the wisdom to produce and share what each being needs to grow and flourish.

Untie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us, as we release others from the entanglement of past mistakes.

Do not let us be seduced by that which would divert us from our true purpose, but illuminate the opportunities of the present moment.

For you are the ground and the fruitful vision, the birth, power, and fulfillment, as all is gathered and made whole once again.

And So It Is!

[Samuel Delany]

[rayless-reblogs]

"Get to Know You Better Meme"

I got this from @runicmagitek, thank you for that.

Last song. "I Need Nothing Else" by Sophie B Hawkins. I used to listen to her Whaler album back in the 2000s, then forgot about it for years. She has a fun, headlong, early 90s style that's extremely catchy.

Favorite color. I really like deep jewel tones, teals and wine-reds, also burnt orange. There's this really great magenta-touched purple that I use in some of my art that never scans correctly. We'll go with burnt orange today.

Currently watching. The Nanny, just started season 3. I've never seen it before, but I was lured in by the clothes.

Sweet/savory/spicy. Yes to sweet and savory, no to any but the most mild spices. I have wimpy taste buds, but I'm trying to build them up some. When I crave something, it's usually sweet, though often with savory undertones -- like a banana bread or Tollhouse pie with lots of walnuts in it.

Relationship status.

Current obsession. I'm focusing hard on the Next Book right now. I'm between edits, which has me antsy because I feel like I'm being "lazy". But the truth is, I have to take these breaks or I lose perspective on what I'm doing. But this month I'm going to be working on things like the cover and blurb and just going over how I want to talk about the book and present it to people. The process has its stressful moments, but I also really love the book, so it has its own kind of pleasure, thinking about it, preparing for it.

Last thing you googled. "greek epiousion". I just saw a post talking about how the Greek word epiousion only appears in the Lord's Prayer and its definition is a bit mysterious. It's the word we translate as "daily", as in "daily bread", but it's not the word the Greeks typically used for "daily", and the definition may actually be closer to "superessential". I think it's fascinating, and a little eerie, that things can feel so omnipresent and taken for granted, even when we have these gaps in our knowledge. What prayer, at least Christian prayer, is more omnipresent than the Lord's Prayer? And yet here it is, this strange, only semi-known thing right in the middle of it.

Also, all these centuries, we could have been bandying around a word like superessential like it's nothing, why can't we have that?

No tagging, but please do this if you're so inclined!

[inspiredbyjesuslove]

[walkswithmyfather]

“Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.” —Matthew 6:9‭-‬13 (NLT)

Amen. 🙏

[saltothearth]

أَبَانَا الذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، لِيُقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ. لِيَأْتِ مَلَكُوتُكَ، لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَتُكَ فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَا السَّمَاءِ. ارْزُقْنَا خُبْزَنَا كَفَافَ يَوْمِنَا، وَ اعْفُ عَنْ خَطَايَانَا، فَإِنَّنَا نَعْفُو عَمَّنْ يُخْطِئُونَ بِحَقِّنَا. لاَ تُعَرِّضْنَا لِلغِوَايَةِ، بَلْ نَجِّنَا مِنَ الشِّرِيرِ. فَلَكَ المَلَكُوتُ وَ الجَبَرُوتُ وَ المَجْدُ أَبَداً.

[godslove]

The Lord's prayer in Aramaic by Jim Caviezel

[sundaynightservice]

Reflection for Prayer 20: The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, I pause,

this means so much, here I am

never alone, no,

we're one family allied

in a Father that is God.

The great I am is

and He will listen to me

always, anytime,

that is His nature,

to be the One who listens.

In heaven: a place

God set aside to hear us

make our petitions,

a place too holy to see

values our voice in prayer.

Precious is His name,

a holy reputation

the ancient nomen

only He deserves - holy,

I only speak it with awe.

He is coming here,

vanishing distance between

with His full kingdom,

God dwelling among converts,

what an exciting story.

A true wondrous thought,

completion of God's intent,

done once and for all,

all the grief of ruthless life

swept aside for perfection.

Reflecting heaven

earth will lose its distinction,

no place for sin found,

promised abundant life dawns

sweeping away ticks of time.

Today we need gifts,

we can't survive without them,

we are powerless

against sin, temptation, want,

we must rely on His gifts.

Daily provision

without worry, even bread

means no real hunger

is worth us fretting about,

belief is our only job.

Wow, to owe no one,

not even God, pure relief,

actual freedom

from the shortfalls we possess,

from the weights we cannot lift.

A revealed secret

to finding ourselves freedom

in so little words,

my forgiveness meant to flow

like a river from my soul.

Looming temptation

is not where I want to walk,

I want to escape

another way without it,

lead me that way somehow Lord.

The Way and the Truth

does not come naturally,

for we must be led

a lamp at our feet guides us

when we follow He who leads.

Evil has caught us

in a clever trap, we'll die

from its wicked ways

without a deliverer

with a kindly loving heart.

Go ahead, rejoice,

know God controls the kingdom,

one God, one ruler,

it is easy to believe

everything will turn out right.

Power lies with God,

His strength is on our behalf,

our strong champion

remains undefeated still

and not even death can win.

The glory of God

rises robust each morning

we see it, breath it

and fading hope is renewed,

all creation senses it.

A vanishing blip,

this present time fades away,

eternity comes

swallowing up our sorrows

as forever folds up time.

And so it all comes

first to last it will be done,

Alpha, Omega

has laid out His plan and won

Praise for Father, Spirit, Son.

.

D W Eldred

[apenitentialprayer]

While Matthew introduces the Our Father with a short catechesis on prayer in general, we find it in a different context in Luke — namely, Jesus' journey to Jerusalem. Luke prefaces the Lord's Prayer with the following remark: Jesus "was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to pray . . .'" (Lk 11:1). The context, then, is that the disciples see Jesus praying and it awakens in them the wish to learn from him how to pray. This is typical for Luke, who assigns a very special place in his Gospel to Jesus' prayer. Jesus' entire ministry arises from his prayer, and is sustained by it. Essential events in the course of his journey, in which his mystery is gradually unveiled, appear in this light as prayer events. Peter's confession that Jesus is the Holy One of God is connected with encountering Jesus at prayer (cf. Lk 9:18ff.); the Transfiguration of Jesus is a prayer event (cf. Lk 9:28f.). The fact that Luke places the Our Father in the context of Jesus' own praying is therefore significant. Jesus thereby involves us in his own prayer; he leads us into the interior dialogue of triune love; he draws our human hardships into God's heart, as it were. This also means, however, that the words of the Our Father are signposts to interior prayer, they provide a basic direction for our being, and they aim to configure us to the image of the Son. The meaning of the Our Father goes much further from the mere provision of a prayer text. It aims to form our being, to train us in the inner attitude of Jesus (cf. Phil 2:5). This has two different implications for our interpretation of the Our Father. First of all, it is important to listen as accurately as possible to Jesus' words as transmitted in Scripture. We must strive to recognize the thoughts Jesus wished to pass on to us in these words. But we must also keep in mind that the Our Father originates from his own praying, from the Son's dialogue with the Father. This means that it reaches down into depths far beyond words. It embraces the whole compass of man's being in all ages and can therefore never be fully fathomed by purely historical exegesis, however important it may be.

Pope Benedict XVI (Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration, pages 132-133), trans. Adrian Walker

[nightkitchentarot]

The Lord’s Prayer from the Aramaic

THE LORD'S PRAYER

translated directly from the original Aramaic by Neil Douglas-Klotz in Prayers of the Cosmos: Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus's Words

O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration,

Soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us where your Presence can abide.

Fill us with your creativity so that we may be empowered to bear the fruit of your mission.

Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with our desire. Endow us with the wisdom to produce and share what each being needs to grow and flourish.

Untie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us, as we release others from the entanglement of past mistakes.

Do not let us be seduced by that which would divert us from our true purpose, but illuminate the opportunities of the present moment.

For you are the ground and the fruitful vision, the birth, power, and fulfillment, as all is gathered and made whole once again.

And so it is!