Here’s a paraphrase
of the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6: 9-13, Luke 11: 2-4) from the Education for Justice website.
Lord’s
Prayer in Paraphrase
(based
on Matthew 6: 9-13, Luke 11: 2-4)
Our Father
Who is in us here on
earth,
Holy is your name
In the hungry who
share their bread and their hopes.
Your kingdom come,
A generous land where
confidence and truth reign.
Let us do your will
and become a cool
breeze
For those who sweat
in their long labors.
You give us your
daily bread
When we return land
to small farmers,
or when we help all
workers get a fair wage.
Forgive us for
keeping silent the in face of injustice
And for burying our
dreams of justice for all.
Don’t let us fall
into temptation
of taking up arms to
solve conflict,
but deliver us from
the evil which disunites us.
And we believe in
humanity and in life,
And we honor your
kingdom
which is being built
with every act of faith,
of hope, of
compassion, and of social justice.
Amen.
~
adapted from a Central American prayer, translated by TROCAIRE, Ireland) Included in a Prayer Service of Hope, published by Education for Justice www.educationforjustice.org
