tuesday of the first week in lent

Date: Tuesday, February 20
Contributor: Jean Crow
Lectionary Link https://www.lectionarypage.net/WeekdaysOfLent/TuesdayFirstWeek.html
 
In today’s gospel by Matthew, Jesus teaches us how to pray.  The Our Father is a prayer we are all very familiar with – sometimes too familiar, and not really thinking about the words as we recite them.  I think it is helpful to read the Lord’s Prayer in different translations so when I pray the version I am familiar with, I think about it differently.
 
The Lord’s Prayer ~ Contemporary English Version
 
Our Father in heaven,
Help us to honor your name.
Come and set up your kingdom,
So that everyone on earth
Will obey you,
As you are obeyed in heaven.
Give us our food for today.
Forgive us for doing wrong,
As we forgive others.
Keep us from being tempted
And protect us from evil
 
The Lord’s Prayer ~ New Living Translation
 
Our Father in heaven,
May your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
As it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need,
And forgive us our sins,
As we have forgiven those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation,
But rescue us from the evil one.

The Lord’s Prayer ~The Message
 
Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what’s best – as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You’re in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You’re ablaze in beauty!
Yes. Yes. Yes.
 
The Lord’s Prayer ~Good News Translation
 
Our Father in heaven:
May your holy name be honored;
May your Kingdom come;
May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need.
Forgive us the wrongs we have done,
As we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.
Do not bring us to hard testing,
But keep us safe from the Evil One.
 
The Lord’s Prayer, from Aramaic into Old English
Translation by G.J.R. Ouseley
 
Our Father-Mother Who art above and within:
Hallowed be Thy Name in twofold Trinity.
In Wisdom, Love, and Equity Thy Kingdom come to all.
Thy will be done, As in Heaven so in Earth.
Give us day by day to partake of Thy holy Bread, and the fruit of
The living Vine.
As Thou dost forgive us our trespasses, so may we forgive others
Who trespass against us.
Shew upon us Thy goodness, that to others we may shew the
Same.
In the hour of temptation, deliver us from evil.
Amen
 
Lord’s Prayer, from the original Aramaic Translation
Translation by Neil-Douglas Klotz
 
O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos
      Focus your light within us – make it useful.
Create your reign of unity now
      Through our fiery hearts and willing hands
Help us love beyond our ideals
       And sprout acts of compassion for all creatures.
Animate the earth within us: we then
       Feel the Wisdom underneath supporting all.
Untangle the knots withing
       So that we can mend our hearts’ simple ties to each other.
Don’t let surface things delude us,
       But free us from what holds us back from our true purpose.
Out of you, the astonishing fire,
       Returning light and sound to the cosmos.
Amen.