The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father who is in Heaven

(and everywhere at the same time),

hallowed be Your Name.

Your Kingdom 

(of Justice and Truth) come.

Your Will be done 

(never our will),

on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread 

(the transubstantial bread, the food that does not perish, the food for the Spirit).

And forgive us our trespasses, 

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil,

for Yours is the Kingdom,

and the Power, and the Glory forever. Amen.

Paiva Netto’s note: Everyone can say the Lord’s Prayer. It is not restricted to any belief, since it is a universal prayer in accordance with the all-embracing spirit of Charity of the Ecumenical Christ, the Divine Statesman. Anyone, even an atheist (why not?!), can utter its words without feeling embarrassed. It is a son or daughter addressing the Father, or a human being talking to his/her sublime condition as a living creature. It is an Ecumenical Prayer par excellence.