Prayers

Our Father

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For Thine is the kingdom,
and the power;
and the glory, for ever.

Amen.

Latin

Pater noster,
qui es in caelis:
adveniat regnum tuum;
fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in caelo, et in terra.
Panem nostram cotidianum
da nobis hodie;
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus
debitoribus nostris;
et ne dos inducas in tentationem;
sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.

Afrikan

Ons Vader wat in die hemel is,
laat U Naam geheilig word;
laat U koninkryk kom;
laat U wil ook op die aarde geskied,
net soos in die hemel.
Gee ons vandag
ons daaglikse brood;
en vergeef ons, ons oortredinge
soos ons ook die vergewe
wat teen ons oortree;
en laat ons nie in vesoeking kom nie
maar verlos ons van die Bose.
Want aan U behoort die koninkryk en die krag
en die heerlikheid tot in alle ewigheid
Amen

Footprints in the sand

I dreamed that I had died.
The Lord and I walked side by side,
leaving two sets of footprints in the sand.
Ahead in the distance I could see the pearly gate of heaven.
I took one last glance behind me, wanting to remember all the footsteps,
I had taken through life.
Behind me, over the smooth and easy paths of my life its journey there were
two sets of footprints in the sand.
But where the road was steep and difficult to travel, there appeared only on set of
footprints. I asked the Lord this question: Lord, I believed that you would walk by
my side all through my life, during easy times and difficult times. But during the hard
journeys I see only one set of footprints. WHY?
The lord answered, My child, I was with you all through your travels.
But along the most difficult paths, I carried you.
Amen.