teach us to pray

FATHER

MOTHER

PARENT

PROGENITOR



JEALOUS GOD

WHO WILL NOT SHARE

 HIS CELESTIAL THRONE

WITH ANOTHER



WHO DOES NOT HONOR

RANK

WEALTH

POWER

BUT ONLY THE CONTENTS

OF ONE’S HEART



LIKE A PARENT

HE FINDS ALL HIS CHILDREN

EQUAL



MAY YOUR NAME BE KEPT HOLY

FROM PROFANE TRAFFIC



AND HYPOCRISY

FROM THOSE

WHO HAVE YOUR NAME ON THEIR LIPS

BUT NOT IN THEIR HEARTS



MAY WE APPROACH YOUR SECRET NAME

LIKE MOSES AND THE BUSH

WHERE YOU CALL YOURSELF

I AM



MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME

WE PRAY IT OFTEN

IF IT’S AN UNREACHABLE GOAL

WE SHOULD STOP DOING IT

WE DON’T NEED PIE IN THE SKY



BUT GOD HAS GIVEN US THE PRAYER

IT MUST BE TRUE AND ATTAINABLE

HE DOESN’T LIE



GIVE US TODAY

BREAD FOR TODAY



REMEMBERING

THAT WHEN ALL OUR NEEDS ARE MET

THE NEEDS OF THE POOR

SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED

AND ACTED ON



FORGIVE US OUR SINS

OF OMISSION

AND COMMISSION

IN RESPONSE TO YOUR GENEROSITY

MY WE FORGIVE

THOSE WHO HAVE HARMED US



DELIVER US FROM EVIL

CAUSED BY OUR PROPENSITY TO SIN

GIVE US GRACE

TO FIGHT OUR LOWER NATURE

WITHOUT IT WE CANNOT COPE



REMAND US AS A PARENT

LOVE US AS A FATHER

SCHOOL US IN THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE



AMEN

SO BE IT

AMEN





FRANK A VOLLMER