Your email address will not be published. Your kingdom come, I hope that most of us will continue to pray in the Creed for us and our salvation., Appropriately on the feast day of St Benedict (for a blog interested in monasticism and liturgy). Lois Herr, First Church of Christ, Scientist, McLean, The Lords Prayer: A New Zealand Translation, The Christian Observances of Holy Week and Easter, Another Daily Lift Gods Law in Action, Imagine With Me A New World Post Pandemic, Start the New Year Embracing the Healing Force of Love. I highly recommend A New Zealand Prayer Book, He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa, from the Anglican . endobj Father and Mother of us all,Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! New Zealand : 4 U.S. It was established by the national Catholic churches throughout the English speaking world and is a joint commission established by twenty six conferences of Catholic Bishops on behalf of those churches, a communion of more than 80 million English speaking Christian believers. We should pray with the deepest respect. In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. Save us from the time of trial is a great advance. There are at least 500,000 biblically orthodox/evangelical Christians in New Zealand. Can I say it any plainer, God is not a woman. Our Father, It is a beautiful and much loved prayer and a succinct form of Compline, especially when the Examen feels just a tad too hard at the end of a particularly strenuous and tiring day. From trials too great to endure, spare us. In the meantime ELLC has continued to maintain formal and informal contacts with the Pontifical Council for the Promoting of Christian Unity, the Congregation for Divine Worship, and have exchanged information with ICEL itself. The project was carried out by specialists in pastoral liturgy, languages, and other disciplines who had been invited by the convening bodies to participate in meetings held in London. Michael, this is the full version of the prayer. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! A beautiful prayer that my sister sent to me, and I am printing it out that I may look at it in the evening before bed. Versions. In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. I ask that you bring the lost there to know you as Lord and Savior. I said, How does it go? A police car is seen in front of the parliament building in Wellington, New Zealand, September 21, 2017. Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, . For we know that when we seek first your kingdom, Since it was first developed by Christian . Thank you. The night is dark. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [lh~kB"ECX Healing starts with our personal prayers and reaches out to the universe. This version of the Lord's Prayer was written by the late Rev'd Jim Cotter, who came from the UK, and is included in The Prayer Book of The Anglican Church of New Zealand. Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe; The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world; Your heavenly will be done by . Gives you piece and blessings to your home. I read it over and over and find it amazingly comforting. Although entirely Roman Catholic in its own membership and not constitutionally ecumenical, ICEL had participated in ecumenical undertaking from its inception in 1963. Amen. March 3, 2023. The ordinary group membership of ELLC was agreed to be the national or regional associations in which the respective churches or their liturgical committees or commissions come together on an ecumenical basis. In times of temptation and testing, strengthen us. JAJcYI# X;H]v)Ax@j[Z&epcX]F A Night Prayer (from A New Zealand Prayer Book) Lord, it is night. Blessings. Forgive us our desires for luxuries that make others do without necessities, Traditional Lord's Prayer words. Ecumenism is nonsense ,that is makes no sense if it means that Catholicism must be watered down to suit protestants. We could go around and around in circles about this so I am going to stop right here and go back to the whole idea of inclusiveness as put forward and complained about by Lythe and Bishop Campbell.I have recited the Nicene creed in all of my life in different countries and so have my parents before me and their parents before them.We did not have a problem with it then and do not have a problem with it now.Interestingly enough,the same with the Lords Prayer.Only here in New Zealand did I encounter this somewhat strange version thereof.I taught my children the version that I knew to be authentic and lo and behold,we are back to saying it the way that I taught them. Eternal Spirit,Earth-maker, Pain bearer, Life-giver,Source of all that is and that shall be,Father and Mother of us all,Loving God, in whom is heaven:The hal. Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! (LogOut/ This week I was again asked about the history of the prayer, and I saw some incorrect stories circulating. Blessings. This adaptation is published by the Society of the Sacred Heartbut no longer available on their website. How lovely to know the brothers worked with this prayer, too. Many people who don't know God or have never been to church have still heard of the Lord's Prayer. The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Pat writes: Where did the new Our Father come from? Your email address will not be published. This one comes from New Zealand. (LogOut/ The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe; What are you all going to do with languages like Spanish where every plural noun takes the masculine gender? This must not be sold, and is a condition of the reprinting. Let our fears of the darkness of the world and of our own lives. We network, develop relationships, identify issues where the . Benjamin Franklin wrote the following explanation on why he felt compelled to write his new version of the Lord's Prayer: Old Version: Our Father which art in Heaven. Note; John de Beer also shared this Youtube link to a Swahili version by the Stellenbosch University Choir, 2021 New Garden Friends Meeting. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and for ever. Your kin-dom of peace and freedom sustain our hope. Thanks be to God <3. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,now and for ever. Billboard Hot 100: 4 U.S. *QcjV:TD&^\yM2 1d1=4yQfJ{beR4%.=e"9WFG)Y59fz. google_ad_width = 300; Blessings. /* 001liturgy */ Here is one that I wrote a couple of years ago: Our Father, Amen. From the articles that I have read,internationally,most are held on catholic premises.In the context of for you and for all men so that sins may be Forgiven does imply mankind.What else could it mean? endobj Copyright 2022 TYSONS INTERFAITH. The New Our Father was one prayer which came out of this body, and the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference agreed to introduce it in 1986 so that during Pope John Pauls visit to New Zealand we could share an ecumenical version with other churches. The subjunctives in paragraphs 2, 3, and 6 always sound to me as if they are addressed to the congregation (not to mention the third-person reference to God in paragraph 2), instead of the Lord of the invocation (presumably Christ, since its prayed in his Name). around the world become havens of peace. The night heralds the dawn. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. In a recent Lenten reflection session at St. Thomas Episcopal, we talked about prayer, using as our starting point the Lords Prayer, which is well-known even in our secular culture. First time I have heard it. FROM THE NEW ZEALAND PRAYER BOOK. This is reminiscent of Benedictine and other styles of meeting. Eternal Spirit Earth-Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all. For yours is the dominion, and the power, and the glory, now and forever. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and for ever. Of course, I can point out things in NZPB which did go through editing and still have some of those problems Blessings. Today I am praying for New Zealand. Or are we meant to read it as a series of separate texts addressed to the people and to God? She left her home, in an upper level of the city of Assisi, Italy, next to the cathedral, and made her way down down, down, through the narrow streets, coming at last to the city gate. The others agreed, and the prayer had to be retrieved from the waste paper basket where John, humble as ever, had tossed it after leading that office. Google Scholar. Your email address will not be published. *Estimated delivery dates - opens in a new window or tab include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment. As for what to do in Spanish, lets leave that to those whose language it actually is. Amen. May it come because we seek it above all else, But do many other cultural products of the Me! decade honestly have enduring value today, especially those produced by committee? stream "Hallowed" means holy, sanctified, set apart, special. My son, who is an Episcopal priest, sent me this prayer to comfort both of us during my husbands and his Dads illness. % It was a deliberate ecumenical gesture to reach out to other Christian churches. as we forgive those who sin against us. There are different versions of The Lord's Prayer in Maori from various churches and denominations. Hallowed be your name. It certainly was not dreamed up by the New Zealand bishops, as indicated in From the Back Pew in your last issue. Eternal Spirit a video meditation from DioCal on Vimeo. I read an article by Pat Lythe (Leader of Parish and Pastoral Services Group in the Auckland Catholic Diocese) in a newspaper and a journal I subscribe to. The hallowing of your name echoes through the universe! Printing TheNew Zealand Anglican Lord's Prayer resource. Went looking online for the text for this wonderful prayer for Sunday's service. shoulda known I'd find it thanks to a fellow GTU student. your will be done, The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! . Do you have other adaptations of the Lords prayer? I am in Cypress, TX. The passage from Luke . The new translation forced them to focus on the meaning of the original text. Copyright 2023 /* 001liturgy */ Why Write a New Version of the Lord's Prayer? For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,now and forever. The text is found in two slightly different versions in the New Testament - Matthew 6.9-13 and Luke 11.1-4. Please share them in the comments below or on the Godspace Facebook page as a comment on this post. "The Lord's Prayer" is a pop rock setting of the Lord's Prayer with music by Arnold Strals recorded in 1973 by the Australian nun Sister Janet Mead. Peace and thanks to you! One of our New Zealand bishops conference submissions to Rome on the text was for inclusiveness (not only in the Nicene Creed but also in the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer). I would almost say that sins is the most obscure word in a text intended a for modern readership. The word men simply means mankind.The problem is that the Church in NZ is being led by soft men and feminists.Follow the Magisterium and return to orthodoxy and maybe our youth will search for Mystery and Majesty of the church. From trials too great to endure, spare us. DF)(mlBu7cWvO`aAS(xMzXX=lid={g^p(m31ixL{[#./lB f ^+u6c[Juv3%>>kCuf?2UonnQ']aq%a^{43~ Thank you for sharing it. This prayer, which is probably recited millions of times a day all over the world, includes some of the best-known words on the planet. https://anglicanprayerbook.nz/167. I do not know why you think that ecumenical gatherings are always held on Roman Catholic premises. 81`r=C#2L<>;R54RDUzIC dDcb53>pX wt\3V940Z1Vy8:Z"+FTDS M?%4ZBd2""Xi tc}vz3#\>{_=S2mFq(L4YWXb1Q3jcfeQ],s#WI#zL2DIC>e,!d~1YCo[xIKqg5c\06Z/0C6*7CdMc$?/V>>?8gVt4aL8~c*s@W/&L&P3KL +WI But it cant be denied that the prayers overall effect really hits a spiritual sweet spot! Your email address will not be published. The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, is a central Christian prayer which Jesus taught as the way to pray. 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I have prayed this lovely prayers my times. Watch this video (turn the subtitles on!) It is an awesome way to prepare your mind to let go of the day and rest in the stillness of the night, knowing it is all in Gods hands. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. In one article, a RC bishop is scathing in his critique (the bishop urges people to ignore some of the translation), the other regrets the loss of the ecumenical Lords Prayer. by Curran Jeffrey on November 4, 2012 | 2 Reviews & Comments. what has not been done has not been done; I feel as tho the prayer is speaking directly to me. Its existence is attested to by epigraphy and other ancient documents, but it was probably first recorded in the fourth . So I struggle to understand how in the same comment you can say it is nonsense as well as following the Magisterium. It always feels as though we are exhaling the whole busy day. Welcome to this ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. We pray for His mercy or forgiveness on all of us, not just for ourselves. The prayer comprises six requests made to God by Jesus from Matthew 6:9 through 13 in the New Testament.