Hymns From home: the Lord's Prayer [MADEIRA]

PRAY
Lord, thank you teaching us how to pray.  As we find ourselves facing illness, political and racial division and other difficulty, may we consistently turn to You in prayer for these times are temporary and we know that your power and glory are everlasting.  Amen.
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LYRIC
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
your kingdom come;
your will be done;
on earth as is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power
and the glory are yours.
now and forever.
Amen.

SCRIPTURE 
Matthew 6:9-13 & Luke 11:2-4

BACKGROUND​

The lyric for this piece is taken from the passages of Scripture that recount when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray (Matthew 6:9-13 & Luke 11:2-4). This particular setting was composed by composer/arranger/music director Dr. David Madeira in 2015.  As The Lord's Prayer is an element of our service that we sing weekly during Sunday morning mass, Madeira originally wrote this because he wanted a new singable, congregational setting of this beautiful prayer that could be done in any instrumental context - traditional, contemporary, or blended - and still work well.

If you are interested in using this particular setting for worship with your congregation, it is available for purchase on his website by clicking HERE.  I appreciate his permission to allow me to feature this arrangement on this series.
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PERSONAL

Both my special guests tonight are repeat-performers on the Hymns From Home and need no introduction.  Pianist David Madeira has been previously featured on Episode 7 [Be Still My Soul/O love That Wilt Not Let Me Go], Episode 15 [Spiegel im Spiegel: A.Pärt/Together] & Episode 16 [Give Me Jesus/Were You There When They Crucified My Lord] and organist Jane Metcalfe played on Episode 21 [I Know That My Redeemer Lives].
Although the very first episode of Hymns From Home featured a popular arrangement of The Lord's Prayer, I wanted to include this version in the series as well because the music is so beautiful and honestly, we can never spend too much time in prayer.  

When the pandemic first began, our amazing church was suddenly faced with the need to figure out how to broadcast our services so that the congregation could continue to worship "together" each in our own homes.  While I have always volunteered on the music team, my participation has been a fairly minimal every-once-a-month or so sort of thing.  However, suddenly faced with months at home as my weekend travel was cancelled, I've had the incredible privilege of serving alongside Jane, David and our vocalist Mary-Grace every single Sunday morning.  While I certainly look forward to services returning to normal and getting to play with the other volunteers again, it's been a gift to be able to partner with these folks each week and lead the congregation through this odd season. 

Yesterday was the last Sunday of this particular setup and I thought it was worth commemorating in tonight's episode.  We recorded this video after church...clad in our masks, and yes 6 feet apart.  In our Sunday morning liturgy, the Lord's Prayer is sung during the preparations for the taking of Communion.  May it be for us also tonight - may this be an anthem that ushers in an experience of communing with God...and our fellow man.