Lord's Prayer in Paraphrase


Here’s another paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer. It comes from the Seeker’s Church website.

Prayer
(inspired by Matthew 6: 9-13)

Eternal Spirit: Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and all that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all, creation resonates
with celebration of your nameless name.

Let justice and mercy flood the earth;
let all creation harmonize in your imagination;
and let us recognize
that every thought and thing belongs to you.

With the bread we need for today, feed us;
in the hurts we absorb from each other
and those we inflict on others, forgive us;
in times of test and temptation, stand with us;
from the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you alone are creating our universe,
now and forever. 

Amen.

— posted on the Seekers Church website. http://www.seekerschurch.org/

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