Our Father......'The Lord's Prayer'

Our Father's Prayer, otherwise known as 'The Lord's Prayer Hymn' is a prayer that may transgress one's mind to reflect on their very own life, especially sung in an upbeat meaningful way. In our world today, we seem to have a growing number of agnostics and atheists, around. The world was not just created out of nothing without a Superbeing creating it and I have every belief that simply God created the universe and other universes (if there is any) and we know how our world started in the beginning through the book of Genesis here. This book was written by Moses. I suppose this may have surprised you as it did me - I never asked who the author was and the meaning of Genesis is 'In the beginning....', which is how the Book commences.

There had to be a beginning. A beginning for us as humans and a  beginning for creating our beautiful world. And yet God had done that.

This is obviously for many reasons: from the way a person has been treated by others in a religion, by who they were previously involved with or mixing with the non-believing peer groups within their own lives, or for many other reasons.

Anyway for everyone, this post is for you:

The Lord's prayer comes from the Gospel of Matthew with a shorter version of The Gospel of Luke. So who wrote the Book of Matthew.

It has been traditionally attributed to St Matthew, one of the 12 Apostles, a former Tax Collector.

Here is Chris Brunelle's version

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 

Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

Shoalhaven City Council Gets Rid Of The Lord's Prayer

I am fairly new in the Shoalhaven LGA and I respect all people within the area. I'm a little concerned with one of the first motions passed in Council on 25th January 2022, to get rid of the 'Lord's Prayer' for the opening of Council meetings. for this new term of Council. Yes, I understand it is replaced with one minute of silence for each individual. One minute silence is usually used to remember someone famous who passed away recently, mostly used in sporting events and other events.

To take away the right of people who would like to pray 'The Lord's Prayer', is just not right. Also, I understand this prayer is used in State & Federal Governments.

If Councilors, do not want to pray the 'Lord's Prayer', it would be better to leave the Chambers and come back when completed. I've been to other Council meetings, within Sydney and it was a blessing to start the Council meeting with that prayer. They obviously don't need any blessing.

The next thing is, is to remove the National Anthem for Australian and our Indigenous peoples from Council! Something should be done about it. I may be in the minority here but I feel traditions should be kept not swept away!

The Lord's prayer (one version:)

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, Forever and ever. Amen.

You wish to listen to the webcast here for that motion:

Click here for the webcast 25/1/22