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| − | The '''Lord's Prayer''', known also as the Our Father or Pater noster,<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09356a.htm The Lord's Prayer - Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org)]</ref> is a form of [[prayer]] specifically established by [[Jesus]] Himself. Its most familiar English form, in the [[King James Version|King James translation]] of the [[Bible]], is as follows.
| + | '''The Lord's Prayer''', known also as the Our Father or Pater noster,<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09356a.htm The Lord's Prayer - Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org)]</ref> is a form of [[prayer]] specifically established by [[Jesus]] Himself. Its most familiar English form, in the [[King James Version|King James translation]] of the [[Bible]], is as follows, but the monarchical, impersonal word "[[kingdom (New Testament)|kingdom]]" could be better translated today as "[[paradise]]": |
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| | :Our Father Who art in heaven, | | :Our Father Who art in heaven, |
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| | :Hallowed be Thy name. | | :Hallowed be Thy name. |
| − | | + | :Thy [[kingdom (New Testament)|kingdom]] [better, "[[paradise]]"] come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. |
| − | :Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. | |
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| | :Give us this day our daily bread. | | :Give us this day our daily bread. |
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| | :And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. | | :And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. |
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| | :And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. | | :And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. |
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| | :For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. | | :For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. |
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| | :[[Amen]] | | :[[Amen]] |
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