Prayer Inspired by the Our Father

A Prayer Inspired by the Our Father

Our Father most holy: Our Creator, Redeemer,

Consoler, and Saviour:

Who are in heaven: In the angels and the saints,

enlightening them to know, for You, Lord, are light;

inflaming them to love, for You, Lord, are love; dwelling

in them and filling them with happiness, for You, Lord,

are Supreme Good, the Eternal Good, from Whom all

good comes without Whom there is no good.

Holy be Your Name: May knowledge of You become clearer

in us 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: That You may rule in us through Your

grace and enable us to come to Your kingdom where

there is clear vision of You, perfect love of You, blessed

companionship with You, eternal enjoyment of You.

Your will be done on earth as 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 always directing all our intentions to

You, and by seeking Your glory in everything, with all

our whole strength by exerting all our energies and

affections of body and soul in the service of Your love

and of nothing else; and we may love our neighbour

as ourselves by drawing them all to Your love with our

whole strength, by rejoicing in the good of others as in

our own, by suffering with others at their misfortunes,

and by giving offence to no one.

Give us this day: in remembrance, understanding, and

reverence of that love which [our Lord Jesus Christ]

had for us and of those things that He said and did and

suffered for us.

Our daily Bread: Your own beloved Son, our Lord Jesus

Christ.

Forgive us our trespasses: through Your ineffable mercy

through the power of the passion of Your beloved Son

and through the merits and intercession of the ever

blessed Virgin and all Your elect.

As we forgive those who trespass against us: And what we do

not completely forgive, make us, Lord, forgive completely

that we may truly love our enemies because of You

and we may fervently intercede for them before You,

returning no one evil for evil and we may strive to help

everyone in You.

And lead us not into temptation: hidden or obvious, sudden

or persistent.

But deliver us from evil: past, present, and to come.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy

Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.