from our Lay Leader
I pray the Lord’s Prayer almost every morning. I contemplate all that Jesus intended for us to realize in our relationship with God in this brief prayer. It contains much more than we can begin to understand, yet it illuminates much about the life God has given us. One morning recently, I heard these words as I prayed the prayer Jesus taught us to pray:
Ultimate Reality, which exists everywhere and is worthy of all that exists,
May we experience your domain in our earthly lives as those who have gone before us experience it now.
May we have everything we need to sustain our earthly existence
And during this time may we give fully of ourselves to you and one another.
Help us to resist the temptation to focus on ourselves and protect us from any agency that is not about your purpose.
We pray these things in fulfillment of your domain, power, and purpose.
Amen.