A Meditation on “Our Father” (Part 2)

When I pray 'GIVE US TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD', help me to be thankful for all that I have and to share my plenty freely with my neighbour.

When I pray 'FORGIVE US OUR SINS', help me to recognise the greatness of God’s love, and the grace that redeems me and sets me free.

When I pray 'AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US', help me to forgive those who wrong me, and to harbour no grudges, so that I may fully experience forgiveness myself.

When I pray 'LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION', help me to recognise and avoid those situations where I am tempted to do wrong.

When I pray 'DELIVER US FROM EVIL', help me to take a stand against evil through my prayers, my words and my actions.

And when I pray ‘AMEN’, help me to recognize that I am saying before God and my neighbour, “Cost what it may, this is my prayer.”