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The Lord’s Prayer and the Kristopher W. Seaman

The Rite begins with account of the , invited us, the Lord’s Prayer. In the revised or commanded us, to pray as he translation of The Roman , prayed to his Father. Second, he the words of the Lord’s Prayer himself taught us to pray this change very little for the liturgical prayer. He modeled prayer for us, assembly. However, there are by praying himself. changes to the words of the priest In the Lord’s Prayer itself, we celebrant. The changes to the priest pray for the kingdom, or reign, of celebrant’s words include the invi- to come. We pray for God’s tation to pray the Lord’s Prayer as kingdom to become present here well as to the part he prays before and now. How it is in heaven, we we pray the : “For the pray, will become present to us kingdom, / the power. . . .” on earth. The kingdom of God is one Priest: At the Savior’s command that God rules, and under which we serve as his disciples. and formed by divine teaching, Therefore, we pray to know and live God’s will daily. We pray we dare to say: for daily bread, which we Catholics know is the , and with the , nourishes us. To be All: Our Father, who art in heaven . . . . faithful disciples who serve God’s reign or kingdom, we are not always completely faithful. We stumble and fall. In other Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, words, there is sin. In praying this prayer, we ask God to nour- graciously grant peace in our days, ish us, to forgive us our past trespasses, “forgive those who that, by the help of your mercy, trespass against us” and to “deliver us from evil.” This is the we may be always free from sin language of journey. With God’s help, we move away from all and safe from all distress, that is sinful, all that is not of God in order to live in God’s as we await the blessed hope mercy in the hope of Christ’s coming, Christ’s presence to us and the coming of our Savior, Christ. in “our daily bread,” in the eucharistic body of Christ. Finally, the doxology, that is, the final part proclaimed People: For the kingdom, by priest and people, rightly calls us to offer glory and praise the power and the glory are yours to God, under whose authority, rule, and power we disciples now and for ever. live. Following the Lord’s Prayer is the Sign of Peace. God’s kingdom, rule, and power is one of peace, of true communion The invitation by the priest to pray the Lord’s Prayer with and among human persons. Only the Triune God can names why we pray this prayer. First, Christ Jesus, in Matthew’s give us the peace, communion, and “daily bread” we need.

Preparing Your Parish for the Revised : and Reproducibles for Faith Formation © 2011 Archdiocese of Chicago: Training Publications, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago IL 60609; 1-800-933-1800; www.LTP.org. Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL). All rights reserved. Photo © John Zich. This image may be reproduced for personal or parish use. The copyright notice appear with the text. Published with Ecclesiastical Approval (Canon 823, 1).