What started out as a freeform contextual translation of the Lord’s Prayer has become an oral tradition. Beren has learned by heart and Lily is not far behind:
Our Father, who is in heaven,
May your name be holy.
May you be King over everything and everyone.
May everything you want be done here on earth just like it is in heaven.Please give us today our daily bread,
And everything else we need.
And please forgive us for the bad things we’ve done,
Just as we forgive those who’ve done bad things against us.
And lead us away from trouble,*
And rescue us from the Bad King.†Because the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory are yours forever and ever.
Amen.
* Greek πειρασμός connotes both temptation ( “getting in trouble” ) and trying circumstances ( “car trouble” )
† Pharoah