MADE TO WORSHIP
Our Lords Prayer
Our Father, who art is heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this daily our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom
and the glory
and the power forever
Amen
Apostles Creed
I believe in God the Father,
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth
and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord.
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell, on the third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead
I believe in the Holy Ghost
I believe in the holy catholic church
the communion of saints
the forgiveness of sins
the resurrection of the body
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
The Church
How much I must criticize you,
my church and yet how much I love you!
You have made me suffer more than anyone and yet I owe more to you than to anyone. I should like to see you destroyed and yet I need your presence.
You have given me much scandal and yet
you alone have made me understand holiness. Never in this world have I seen anything more compromised, more false, yet never have I touched anything more pure, more generous or more beautiful.
Countless times I have felt like slamming the door of my soul in your face- and yet every night, I have prayed that I might die in your sure arms!
No, I cannot be free of you, for I am one with you, even if not completely you. Then too-where would I go? To build another church? But I could not build one without the same defects. And again, if I were to build another church it would not be my church, not Christ’s church.
No. I am old enough. I know better!
-Carlo Carretto-
Here is a great book on the prayer