from Newsletter of the Rudolf Steiner Library, Issue #17,
Winter/Spring 1997. 65 Fern Hill Rd., Ghent, NY 12075. (voice)
518-672-7690 (fax) 518-672-5827.
The following translation (from German) of the Lord's Prayer is
the version reportedly used by Rudolf Steiner in his daily spiritual
practice during the period 1924-1925.
Father, you who were, are, and will be
in our inmost being
May your name be glorified
and praised in us
May your kingdom grow
in our deeds and in our moral lives
May we perform your will
as you, Father, lay it down
in our inmost being
You give us spiritual nourishment,
the bread of life
superabundantly
in all the changing conditions
of our lives
Let our mercy toward others
make up for the sins done to our being
Let not the tempter
work in us beyond the capacity of our strength
For no temptation can live
in your being
Father,
and the tempter is only appearance
and delusion,
from which you lead us, Father
by the light of knowledge
May your power and glory
work in us
through all eons and eons of time.
Amen