Lord's Prayer

The "Lord's Prayer", or the prayer that Jesus exemplifies in Matthew 6 is so great! It's authentic and straight-forward but deep. As I was studying about it, I found out that there are a few little ad-ons and modifications that have been attached to it over the years by the Catholic church and recited in liturgies. One of them is called the 'embolism' and it comes just at the very end, right behind "...deliver us from evil." it goes a lil' somethin' like this:

"Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ."

It is meant to be an elaboration of the simple "deliver us from evil" line. It's charming and I especially find the last half of the embolism to be quite beautiful.

its interesting though, reading the sentence right before Jesus says the prayer:

(Matthew 6:7-8) "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."

I am the first to admit to accidentally babbling while praying, so I'm not dissing the Catholic church or calling them pagans because they added to the simple prayer. And I happened to appreciate their little commentary. But like I said, its interesting.

I wish I could learn more faster. (like more AND faster)