What is the meaning of the Lords Prayer ?
It is the model prayer in which God is addressed as ‘Our Father’ and not as ‘my Father’ and the basic needs of all of humanity are submitted before God in solidarity with them. The three petitions for God’s glory are followed by four petitions for man’s needs, namely provision, pardon, protection and preservation. All these are in the first person plural and the first person singular does not appear in the whole prayer. The invocation and the doxology imply that the Father Who art in heaven has kingship over his kingdom, power over our weakness and all the glory for Himself. It is a proletarian prayer asking daily bread for all of humanity and not yearly provisions for any or daily cake for the one who prays. ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ means: ‘Lord, divide all the bread of all the world for all the people of all the world and give all the people justly without giving any more than one’s share.’ This daily bread includes food, clothing, shelter, medicine, education, work, and sp
