Prayer From Another World number 5/ original music with lyrics from the Urantia Book
Channel: Mercedes O'Donnell
Date: 03/02/2012

Prayer From Another World #5. Or-  Alien Prayer 5?  That sounds crazy!  Other Forms of Prayer the 5th Example?  Too boring.  Anyhow  this prayer left an indelible impression on me since I first crossed paths with the Urantia Book, oh maybe 15 years ago.  I have set it to music before, but that is lost somewhere in time, so another attempt.   & believe me, it ain't that easy, because there isn't a standout recurring cadence.  Still a work in progress as you can tell, but I just couldn't move along with other things until I posted a version.  This is original music with lyrics borrowed from the Urantia Book, page 1623.  I am of the understanding that the Urantia Book is in the public domain; I have sung the words as they appear in the text published by the Urantia Foundation, except for leaving out 'and' in the 6th line:
Glorious Father and Mother, in one parent combined,
Loyal would we be to your divine nature.
Your own self to live again in and through us
By the gift and bestowal of your divine spirit,
Thus reproducing you imperfectly in this sphere
As you are perfectly and majestically shown on high.
Give us day by day your sweet ministry of brotherhood
And lead us moment by moment in the pathway of loving service.
Be you ever and unfailingly patient with us
Even as we show forth your patience to our children.
Give us the divine wisdom that does all things well
And the infinite love that is gracious to every creature.
Bestow upon us your patience and loving-kindness
That our charity may enfold the weak of the realm.
And when our career is finished, make it an honor to your name,
A pleasure to your good spirit, and a satisfaction to our soul helpers.
Not as we wish, our loving Father, but as you desire the eternal good of your
mortal children,
Even so may it be.