The Lord's Prayer and the two great commandments

From Matthew 22: 35 - 40:

35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Have you ever stopped to consider that The Lord's Prayer includes these two great commandments?

Think of the Prayer like this:

The first half of the prayer shows us how to love God.
The second half of the prayer shows us how to truly love ourselves and therefore also be able to truly love our neighbor.

Here's what I mean:

"Our Father, which are in heaven."
In this verse we acknowledge the loving relationship we have with God - we love Him because He first loved us! He is "Our Father" - and we give our attention to Him as our divine Parent. Think about it: God is the best Father there is! And he loves us! How heavenly is that!

Praying with Heart:

"Hallowed be Thy name."
As we hallow - revere, esteem, love - the name of God, the loving nature of God, we give our heart to Him. How blessed is that!

Praying with Soul:

"Thy kingdom come."
His kingdom - His presence - is here with us right now. Where? in our soul. And we find that our soul is His, is His kingdom, the place of His sovereign presence. How safe is that!

Praying with Mind:

"Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven."
We love God by acknowledging His will being done in us, strengthening us in our mind here on earth, as His Mind is in heaven! How glorious is that!

Being with Heart:

"Give us this day our daily bread."
God feeds us with the Bread of Life, companioning with us, bringing us into communion with Him. "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him." We are safe with Him in our heart!

Being with Soul:

"And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors."
Being fed with the Divine Soul - the Bread of Life - enables us to accept forgiveness as well as to forgive others. And when that perfect forgiveness is learned, we just naturally love our neighbor as ourselves. Then we can accept forgiveness - both for ourselves and our neighbor. We then are living the unconditional Love that is God. Being present with Soul, we awake to forgiveness that is both natural and complete.

Being with Mind:

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
How does this work? How do we avoid temptation as well as evil? Temptation is the lie that Love is absent. If we believe that temptation, we end up with the bitter taste of evil. But Love is actually always ever present. Where? in our consciousness! And divine Mind's intutions of good will always guide us into fulfillment and awaken us in completeness.

How is this possible?

Because at the end of the day, God is the only real presence. God is the only real power. And - fortunately - God is the only the glory, forever!

That's why.

Amen!