The line causing such a digression is Give us this day our daily bread, and I have come to conclude this line contains one of the most important words in Catholic apologetics: daily. When going through the background research on the prayer, the sixth line bore very interesting fruit – enough to consume several hours worth of research and change the course of this post. 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. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Here’s the version I’m most familiar with: It does have some interesting history, as we can trace its origin directly to scripture in the books of Matthew and Luke with various translations to Latin and then to the English version I say every day. Several days ago I thought a nice subject to write about would be the history of the Lord’s Prayer (also known as the “Our Father”). This post is not the same one I originally intended.
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