Our Father who art in Heaven -
Heaven is like the throne of God hence he governs the whole universe he sees all that passes on earth every thing we do hears all we say knows our wants our desires and our most secret thoughts in short nothing can be concealed from the all wise God Hallowed be thy Name Here we ask that the name of God may not be thoughtlessly used but spoken with a holy fear and a love full of gratitude
Thy kingdom come -
By these words we ask that all men may acknowledge God as their supreme King and Governor that his divine spirit may govern all their thoughts and desires that he may become master and sovereign of our hearts and the principal object of our love as a good king is the principal object of love in the kingdom he governs
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven -
Here we ask that our will may submit to that of God remembering that we can show this submission only by being: gentle and patient when we are opposed in our desires, when we meet with some difficulty in the fulfillment of our duty, when we are ill or deprived of some object dear to us.
Give us this day our daily bread -
Here we acknowledge that it is from God we receive the good bread we eat every day as well as every other good thing which satisfies our hunger and thirst keeps up our strength life and health. Man sows and plants but it is God who makes every thing grow. It is God only who from a small reed can produce a plant or even a large tree the wood of which will keep us warm in winter and the fruit refresh us in summer. Oh, what love we should feel for that bountiful God who allows us, who even commands us, to call him our Father and who loves us better than the most tender earthly father loves his children
Forgive us our offenses (debts) as we forgive those who have offended us -
This part of the prayer should recall to our mind the numerous offenses our Heavenly Father has to forgive us and to make us deeply sensible of the duty of forgiving our fellow creature. God grants his pardon to men only on condition that they will forgive those who have offended them that they may learn to love each other like brothers who ought always to be ready to assist and forgive one another.
Don't let us fall into temptation -
By "temptation" may be understood on inclination of the heart to do wrong. To fall into it is to allow ourselves to be overcome by this bad inclination. God who is all goodness can never lead men to evil. As our hearts are entirely under his power we ask him to give us the strength to resist every evil desire that might enter our hearts.
But deliver us from evil -
Our last request or petition is to ask God to remove from us every evil into which we might fall that would not only endanger our body but more particularly our soul which is the most valuable part of ourselves.
Amen -
This is a Hebrew word which means "so be it". In these three little words we ask that all the requests we have been making in that prayer may be granted us only by God's will.
The Young Child's Moralist, Or, The Two Little Brothers Von Maria Ann Dupont Aublay, James Nunn, B. McMillan
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