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The Sermon on the Mount, Day 25
Read The Lord’s Prayer again (Matt 6:9-13) and do the exercises below:
In The Cotton Patch Version, Clarence Jordan translates the Lord’s prayer like this:
Father of us, O Spiritual One
Your name be truly honored.
Your kingdom spread, your will prevail
Through earth, as through the heavens.
Sustaining bread grant us each day.
Forgive our debts as we forgive
The debts of all who cannot pay.
And from confusion keep us clear;
Deliver us from evil’s sway.Jordan translates the Lord’s prayer as a poem because that is how it appears in the original Greek. As a poem, it took advantage of the ability to communicate deeper meaning through structure, rhythm, and rhyme.
- Take time to write out your own version of the Lord’s prayer in your own way.
By Henry Darger
carolss said...
1Our Father,
who is in us here on earth,
Holy is your name,
In the hungry who share their bread and their song.
Your Kingdom come,
A generous land where confidence and truth reign.
Let us do your will,
Bring a cool breeze for those who sweat.
You are giving us our daily bread,
when we manage to get back our lands,
Or get a fairer wage.
Forgive us,
For keeping silent in the face of injustice,
And for burying our dreams.
Don't let us fall into the temptation,
Of taking up the same arms as the enemy,
But deliver us from the evil which disunites us.
And we shall have believed in humanity and life,
And we shall have known your kingdom,
Which is being built for ever and ever.
Amen.
Source: Unknown (Central America)
I've seen/thought about this prayer the past few weeks and thought I would share it as it seemed to 'fit' today's excercise.
10/29/09 8:58 PM | Comment Link
debsternke said...
2Here is the version we read with the kids last Sunday. It's from “The Jesus Storybook Bible”.
Hello Daddy!
We want to be close to you.
Please show us how.
Make everything in the world right again.
And in our hearts, too.
Do what is best – just like you do in heaven,
And please do it down here, too.
Please give us everything we need today.
Forgive us for doing wrong, for hurting you.
Forgive us just as we forgive other people
When they hurt us.
Rescue us! We need you.
We don’t want to keep running away
and hiding from you.
Keep us safe from our enemies.
You’re strong, God.
You can do whatever you want.
You are in charge.
Now and forever and for always!
We think you’re great!
Amen!
Yes we do!
10/30/09 1:36 PM | Comment Link
Ben Sternke said...
3Here's a version by Dallas Willard that I've always liked:
Dear Father always near us,
may your name be treasured and loved,
may your rule be completed in us-
may your will be done here on earth in
just the way it is done in heaven.
Give us today the things we need today,
and forgive us our sins and impositions on you
as we are forgiving all who in any way offend us.
Please don’t put us through trials,
but deliver us from everything bad.
Because you are the one is charge,
and you have all the power, and the glory too is all yours-forever-
which is just the way we want it!
10/30/09 10:54 PM | Comment Link