When His disciples approached him with a request that he teach them to pray (Lk 11: 1), what they sought was a pry into His mind, which is the Trinitarian abode of heaven. Types and shadows, space and time, are illusive; it is the Bread on the altar that tells of reality.
We dialogue in the Spirit on this mountain where everything is unity, we speak with the Father through Christ, with Christ and in Christ as we passionately pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven:
An audacious task for worms: the knowledge that we are Gods. But be not overwhelmed, for we cannot be God without God. A pry into his mind is a chance to be Him who tells us to call God our Father.
Hallowed be Thy name:
Continuous surprises and thanksgiving at this discovery of dependence is the faithful tide which transports us on this journey, and awe becomes our paddle.
Thy Kingdom come:
Caught up in the ‘Thy kingdom come’ war, we desire Him and this desire translates to the realization that this kingdom is not until ‘thy kingdom come’, but that which is already here!
Thy will be done on earth as it is heaven:
Taking responsibility for sin gives greater access to the potency of blood, water and spirit as witnesses within us (1 Jn 5:7), this translates into an intimate unity within the Trinity; a discovery made , not within holiness, but as an awareness of weakness and trust amidst the battle of wills (Rm 7:15-25).
Give us this day, our daily Bread:
The starting point of our desire is neither food nor money, but the daily Eucharist. This is what is worth toiling for (Jn 6:27), for, without the foundational wisdom from the Eucharist, every earthly bread becomes a regret with time.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us:
The greatest discovery of this Eucharistic adventure is the triumph of the Triune within a tussle. Drop the hypocrisy, it is solidarity as a Society of Sinners that gains the victory. He is horrible at addition once we can let go and let God.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil:
There is no sin where struggle is sustained, everything ultimately falls under the category of temptation, of which we should plead to be spared. The Accuser bruises our heels in temptations, and these hurt, but we strike its head by rising from them.
Real evil -from which we pray to be delivered - is the despair, not so much of a slide from morality, but of a loss of faith and trust in His mercy, which are the gradual consequences of that sliding.
When we do not rise, we fall deeper into the bottomless Blackhole which prevents us from standing on the Trinitarian mind of God called the Pater Nosta.
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