Lasha Darkmoon on The Lord’s Prayer (‘Our Father’) in 30 Languages

LD: The Lord’s Prayer contains within it an entire worldview and philosophical system. Its profundity has taxed the minds of many thinkers for the last two thousand years. Entire books have been written expounding the meaning of each sentence. If all the thoughts and meditations on this one prayer by Jesus were gathered together in one place, they would fill an entire library, though I doubt that poring over those learned texts would make one a wiser or better person. Value from this prayer can only be derived by one’s own exertions in thinking about each sentence constantly over a period of many years.

My own unpublished exegesis of this profound prayer is without much value to anyone except myself. So for the moment I see no point in publishing it. The important thing is to embark on a long voyage of discovery for oneself and to take this prayer as one’s sails, rudder and anchor on a storm-tossed sea. Whatever Christ was, whatever Christianity in its deepest essence is, can be found within these unfathomable depths; for the longer one ponders this apparently simple prayer, the more one discovers new layers of meaning hidden behind every word.

If you were to find yourself shipwrecked on a desert island or imprisoned in solitary confinement for 20 years, without any reading matter whatever to distract your mind, merely to think about the Lord’s Prayer constantly—to “pray without ceasing” in St Paul’s words—would not only enable you to keep your sanity but to work out an entire philosophical system and arrive, possibly, at true wisdom.

My comment:

Well been floored by some posts in my time but this might take the biscuit… going to thoroughly refrain from saying too much. Lasha said more than enough. Done the necessary. This for a proper read. One to print and wall up. Two quick contributions. The ‘disciples prayer’ would be a more fitting title. And the following passages, in order, take each line and unfold.

On a personal – timing and this post is top-encouragement. Sure, there’s more I could say, but one thing: Wrestling with whatever might reveal more truth, love and life is all Darkmoon. No exceptions.