POSTLUDE MONDAY, APRIL 9

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the
power and the glory, forever.
Amen.

Let All Who Pray the Prayer Christ Taught

(Thomas H. Troeger 1986 – Presbyterian Hymnal 349)

Let all who pray the prayer Christ taught
First clear the cluttered heart.
Make room to breathe the living thought
Those well-worn words impart.

Dismiss the fear that this world drifts
With no one in command.
Your pulse and breath are signs and gifts
From God's attentive hand.

Refine and test each passing aim
Against this final one:
Has your life hallowed heaven's name
And has God's will been done?

Discard each vengeful hope that's fed
The dreams of wars you'll win,
Then freely ask for daily bread
And pardon from your sin.

Examine how temptation breeds
Inside the mind's dark maze,
Acknowledging that your life needs
Deliverance from its ways.

By faithful discipline prepare
An inward holy space
That when you offer Jesus' prayer
Your heart may fill with grace.