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What is the Lord’s Prayer?
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In Matthew 6:9-13 and in Luke 11:2-4 we read of Jesus teaching his disciples how they should pray. This popular Scripture is known as The Lord’s Prayer, and some know it by Our Father Prayer. Below you can read through and memorize the Lord’s Prayer as it was the example Jesus used when asked how we should pray. Remember though that it is a teaching tool not a magical saying that can influence God differently than any other prayer from our hearts.
The Lord’s Prayer
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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.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer in Bible Scriptures:
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Matthew 6:9-13 – “This, then, is how you should pray: ” ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Luke 11:2-4 – “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.’ “
6 Steps of Prayer taught in the Lord’s Prayer.
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1. Address God’s rightful place as the Father
2. Worship and praise God for who He is and all that He has done
3. Acknowledge that it is God’s will and plans are in control and not our own
4. Ask God for the things that we need
5. Confess our sins and repent
6. Request protection and help in overcoming sin and Satan’s attacks on us
As you read this Scripture, let it soak into your heart and begin to talk to God honestly and openly. He created you, loves you, and wants to hear from you! Use the Lord’s Prayer as a way to walk through communicating with God!
Bible Verses About the Lord & Prayer
2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:16 – Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Psalm 145:18 – The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Proverbs 15:29 – The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Romans 8:26 – In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through our wordless groans.
Philippians 4:6-7 – Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 64:8 – But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 5:1 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
Mark 11:24 – Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Luke 11:9 – And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
1 Timothy 2:1-4 – First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
The Our Father
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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.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
‘The Lord’s Prayer ‘is truly the summary of the whole gospel.’ ‘Since the Lord… after handling over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, ‘Ask and you will receive, ‘ and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer (the Lord’s Prayer) is said first, as the foundation of further desires.’
BASIC PRAYERS
The Our Father:
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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; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
The Hail Mary:
Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen.
Glory Be to the Father:
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Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Guardian Angel Prayer:
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love, commits me here. Ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
Act of Contrition:
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life.
Anima Christi:
Soul of Christ, make me holy. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, fill me with love. Water from Christ’s side, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. Good Jesus, hear me. Within your wounds, hide me. Never let me be parted from you. From the evil enemy, protect me. At the hour of my death, call me. And tell me to come to you. That with your saints I may praise you. Through all eternity. Amen.
Morning Prayer:
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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I will begin this day. I thank you, Lord, for having preserved me during the night. I will do my best to make all I do today pleasing to You and in accordance with Your will. My dear mother Mary, watch over me this day. My Guardian Angel, take care of me. St. Joseph and all you saints of God, pray for me… (add your daily offering)
Daily Offering:
O Jesus, through the immaculate heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of your sacred heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all the apostles of prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month.
Evening Prayer:
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O my God, at the end of this day I thank You most heartily for all the graces I have received from You. I am sorry that I have not made a better use of them. I am sorry for all the sins I have committed against You. Forgive me, O my God, and graciously protect me this night. Blessed Virgin Mary, my dear heavenly mother, take me under your protection. St. Joseph, my dear Guardian Angel, and all you saints of God, pray for me. Sweet Jesus, have pity on all poor sinners, and save them from hell. Have mercy on the suffering souls in purgatory… (followed by an Act of Contrition)
At the End of the Day:
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Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take
Prayer Before Meals:
Bless us O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive, from thy bounty, through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
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Dear Jesus, we thank you for this food and ask you to bless it to our bodies, and our bodies to your service. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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Prayer is the opening of one’s heart and soul in a conversation with God, and thus is an expression of faith in a relationship with God. Jesus himself prayed often, as noted in the Gospel of Luke – before his Baptism (3:21), after healing the sick (5:16), before choosing the Twelve Apostles (6:12), before the Confession of Peter (9:18) and the Transfiguration (9:28), before the giving of the Lord’s Prayer (11:1), and to his Father in the Garden of Gethsemane (22:40-42). Jesus teaches us to pray: “All that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours” (Mark 11:24).
Prayer is the way God has guided his people throughout history. Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount and throughout the New Testament continues the tradition of prayer found in the Old Testament of the Bible, exemplified by the Patriarchs of Israel such as Abraham, Moses, and David. Humility is the foundation of prayer, as we learn in the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14). Examples of prayer in the Bible include the Psalms, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 18:20, Luke 1:46-55, John 17:11, Philippians 4:6, and James 5:14. Prayer at home with the family is the first place to educate children in prayer!
Prayer nourishes the soul when you are in communion with God and brings you peace in your heart. Forms of prayer include Adoration and Praise, Petition, Intercession, and Thanksgiving. There are three kinds of prayer: Vocal, Meditative, and Contemplative. Vocal prayer is the form of prayer in groups, as in Church. Meditation is a quest to understand the Christian life, in order to respond to what the Lord is asking. One may meditate on the Bible or the Rosary or other holy pursuits. One meditates in order to discern and come to the light: “Lord, what do you want me to do?” The Carmelite St. Teresa of Avila calls contemplative prayer a “close sharing between friends,” a conversation with God in our hearts. Remember to be loving and thoughtful in your prayer with the Lord!
And listen in silence after you pray – you may receive an answer!
The ideal prayer is the one Christ Jesus taught us, the Lord’s Prayer, the Our Father:
Matthew 6:9-13 and a brief version in Luke 11:2-4.
All Christian faiths say the Lord’s Prayer.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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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,
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
The Gospel of Matthew 6:9-13
THE OUR FATHER
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In response to his disciples’ request “Lord, teach us to pray,” Jesus gives them the Christian prayer, the Our Father, the prayer of hope. The Lord’s Prayer means that the prayer to our Father is taught and given to us by the Lord Jesus. Jesus presents himself as our model, and invites us to become his disciples and follow him; in humbling himself, he has given us an example to imitate. The New Covenant practices almsgiving, prayer, and fasting; its prayer is the “Our Father.” The Lord’s Prayer is essential to the liturgy of the Church, for it is an integral part of the Mass or Divine Liturgy and the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation.
Our Father Who Art in Heaven
What a blessing to call God our Father! We can call God our “Father” because he is revealed to us by his Son Jesus Christ who became man. Through Baptism we are adopted as Children of God. The free gift of adoption requires on our part continual conversion and a new life. Praying to our Father should develop in us two fundamental dispositions: first, the desire to become like him, and second, a humble and trusting heart. “Who art in heaven” does not mean space but a way of being, that he is majestic and transcends everything we can conceive of his holiness. The Father is in heaven, his dwelling place, our homeland to which we aspire.
One of the earliest meditations on the Lord’s Prayer was by the bishop and martyr St. Cyprian of Carthage (202-258), who wrote his treatise on the Our Father in 252 AD. He began with a beautiful and profound thought: “The new man, born again and restored to God by his grace, says first of all ‘Father’ because he has now begun to be a son.”
The Church Father St. Augustine noted seven petitions in St. Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer, the first three theological for the glory of the Father, which draw us towards him, and the last four present our wants to him and request his grace. The first series of petitions carry us toward him, for his own sake: thy name, thy kingdom, thy will. It is characteristic of love to think first of the one whom we love. The second series of petitions are an offering up of our hopes.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
The term “to hallow” means to recognize as holy, to treat in a holy way. St. Gregory of Nyssa, a Church Father in Cappadocia in Asia Minor, wrote around 380 AD that “of all good things the most important for me is that God’s name should be glorified in my life.” If we truly hallow the Father, then we respect him in our hearts, and so enter into God’s plan for us and our salvation. The sanctification of God’s name in the world and our own salvation depends on our life and prayer.
Thy Kingdom Come
The Kingdom of God is brought near in the Word Incarnate, and it has come in the Paschal Mystery of Christ – his Passion, death, Resurrection, and Glorious Ascension. The Kingdom of God is in our midst in the Eucharist. “Thy kingdom come” in the Lord’s Prayer refers primarily to the final coming of the reign of God through Christ’s return. This second petition prays for the growth of the kingdom of God in the “today” of our lives, bearing the fruit of new life in the Eight Beatitudes of Jesus.
Of great interest, a rare variant of St. Luke’s version in the early Greek manuscripts reads (11:2) “May the Holy Spirit come upon us and purify us!”
Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven
St. Ignatius of Antioch, in his Letter to the Ephesians 7:2, was the first Apostolic father to refer to Jesus Christ as the Physician. St. Gregory of Nyssa continues this concept in his sermon on this phrase: “Therefore the true Physician of the diseases of the soul, who shared the life of man for the sake of those who were sick, gradually weakens the cause of disease through the thoughts contained in the prayer and so restores us to spiritual health.” When we say thy will be done, we ask that God’s will be done within us, to offset our weak nature, a nature given to concupiscence and temptation.
God’s expression of his will is the commandment that “you love one another, even as I have loved you” (John 13:34). This commandment summarizes all the others and expresses his entire will. We ask for God’s loving plan to be fully realized on earth as it already is in heaven. Through prayer we can discern what is the will of God and obtain the endurance to do it. May we learn obedience!
Give us this Day our daily Bread
The original Greek Bible has the Imperative of Entreaty expressed in all of these petitions; in other words, the word please is implied. “Give us” expresses in communion with our brethren our filial trust in our heavenly Father and the covenant between the Father and all men. The Father who gives us life gives us “our bread,” the nourishment life requires, both material and spiritual. Jesus teaches us to pray, “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). The Greek word epiousios for “daily” appears only in the Lord’s Prayer and literally means “superessential,” which refers directly to the Bread of Life, the Body of Christ.
The presence of world hunger calls Christians to exercise responsibility and justice for the poor, to share with love our spiritual and material goods. This petition also addresses the spiritual famine of the world, and the Christian is to proclaim the good news to the poor, the Bread of Life: the Body of Christ received in Communion.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
In this petition we return to Him as a prodigal son and begin our confession as sinners and need of mercy. The Penitential Psalms are beautiful expressions of a repentant heart. Humility will allow us to say like the tax collector, “O God, be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13). Our hope is firm, for in his Son we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. There is a condition here: this mercy can only fill our hearts if we have forgiven those who have trespassed against us! Remember the verses that follow the Our Father in Matthew: “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 6:14-15). Wouldn’t it be a blessing if we could forgive like Jesus: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). Pope John Paul II reminds us: “Forgiveness is the key to peace!”
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
These related petitions are nearly identical. The first part asks God not to allow us to take the path that leads to sin. God does not tempt anybody (James 1:13). Both Job (1:6-2:10) in the Old Testament and Jesus himself (Matthew 4:1-11) in the New Testament were tempted by the devil! This petition implores the Spirit for discernment and strength in the battle between flesh and spirit. The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, necessary for the growth of the inner man, and temptation, which leads to sin and death. Discernment unmasks the lie of temptation. This petition also requests the grace of vigilance and final perseverance. This prayer implores God not to allow us to be tested beyond our strength, as St. Paul reassures us, “God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it” (First Corinthians 10:13).
In the last petition to our Father, we pray in communion with the Church for the deliverance of the entire human family. Evil is not an abstraction but a person, satan, the evil one, the deceiver of the whole world. Victory over the prince of this world was won once and for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death to give us his life. Along with the deliverance from the evils that overwhelm humanity, the Church implores the precious gift of peace and the grace of perseverance in expectation of Christ’s return.
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever. Amen.
Early manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew do not contain this phrase, but a form is found in the Didache (written circa 100 AD), the Byzantine Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the Catholic Mass, and the Authorized King James Bible of 1611. Known as the final doxology, it takes up the first three petitions to our Father. By the final “Amen,” which means “So be it,” we ratify what is contained in the prayer that Jesus has taught us.
