The Lord's Prayer (Revised)

Gracious Giver

Blessed be your many names

Allah, Brahma,  Adonai, God,

None of them your own proper title

But our human attempts to name unknowable You.

You who are the whole of life, the all-in-all,

Enable us to see beyond the illusion of separateness

To glimpse the unity of all beings

The perfection at creation’s core

The miracle of each person and every moment.

Teach us to live as though interdependence and mutuality

Were the laws that govern all existence,

As indeed they truly are.

Supply our necessities, and keep us from wanting what we cannot have.

Stir compassion toward our neighbors,

And free us from the prisons of anger and resentment.

Keep us safe from envy,

And deliver us from the inner demons

            Of hatred and ingratitude. 

But keep our minds and hearts centered in beauty,

Steady in the hands of justice of and mercy,

Trusting in You who are most trustworthy,

Source of goodness and reconciliation and love.