from Christian Century
The parish liturgy committee decided to adopt the contemporary version of the Lord’s Prayer for use during worship. From now on, at least at one of the services, we’d be “sinners” instead of “trespassers.” The next Sunday a distraught man cornered me. “You’ve taken the Lord’s Prayer away from us!”
I was shocked. What did he mean? We’d been preparing and educating people for this small change for years. How could changing a few words “take away” the Lord’s Prayer?
I thought: maybe the Lord’s Prayer was not part of …

I know to God full of might,
And to his mother Mary maiden bright,
And to all souls here,
And to the father ghostly,
I have sinned largely,
In many serious sins,
In thought, in speech and in delight,
In word, in work, I deserve to be punished,
And worthy I am to blame,
Therefore I pray Saint Mary and all holy souls,
Here in God’s name,
And the priest to pray for me,
That God have mercy and pity,
For his manhood,
Of my wretched sinfulness,
And give me grace and forgiveness
Of all my misdeeds.