Read this prayer of St. Francis as a meditation on the Lord’s Prayer. Let it deepen your appreciation of that great gift of prayer that Jesus gave us through the Apostles. Let it deepen your prayer life as well. “O our most holy Father, our Creator, Redeemer, Counselor, and Savior, “Who are in heaven”, in the angels and in the saints, enlightening them to love, because you, Lord, are light, inflaming them to love, because you, Lord, are love, dwelling in them and filling them with happiness, because you, Lord, are the Supreme Good, the Eternal Good from whom comes all good without whom there is no good. “Hallowed be your name”: may our knowledge of you become ever clearer that we may know the breadth of your blessings, the length of your promises,the height of your majesty,the depth of your judgments. “Your kingdom come”: so that you may rule in us through your grace; enable us to come to your kingdom where there is an unclouded vision of you, a perfect love of you, a blessed companionship with you, an eternal enjoyment of you. “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” : that we may love you with our whole heart by always thinking of you with our whole soul by always desiring you with our whole mind by directing all our intentions to you and by seeking your glory in everything with our whole strength, by spending all our energies and affections of soul and body in the service of your love and of nothing else. And may we love our neighbors as ourselves by drawing them all with our whole strength to your love, by rejoicing in the good fortunes of others as well as our own, by sympathizing with the misfortunes of others and by giving offense to no one.” Praise be to God for the simple gifts of our faith and prayer. In these we keep ourselves close to you and find our days filled with your grace. Help us to live in accord with the holy words of the Lord’s Prayer. Make of us the leaven that raises the dough of our days, let us be the salt that nourishes the soil of our times. We ask this prayer in your name, Jesus. Amen. Read more at hopefaithlove/a-prayerful-and-poetic-take-on-the-lords-prayer/#P4xyrfie9LB7wpAm.99
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 02:54:07 +0000
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