Try printing the Lord's Prayer in the
following arrangement
for a few weeks in your Sunday Order of
Service,
explicitly asking people to pray it as written, with the
emphases marked
and only pausing at the end of lines.
After three weeks, have a discussion of
how this affected people.
Expect that some will just want to do it
the way they always have,
but see if it prompted thoughtful reactions
otherwise.
I think that this format can better reveal some more
of the meaning of the prayer than the places we usually pause.
Our Father,
You are in heaven,
Hallowed be your Name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done on
earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our
daily bread,
And forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass
against us.
Lead us not into
temptation.
Deliver us from evil.
Yours is the kingdom
And the power and the
glory,
Now and forever.
After
three weeks, please post here on Practical Liturgist
how the
experience went in your congregation.
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