Prayer
Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee. Therefore despair not nor murmur, for that which seeketh to save, to heal, and to deliver, will guide thee, if thou seekest this guidance.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 149:31
The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God, — a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 1:1–4
Prayer cannot change the unalterable Truth, nor can prayer alone give us an understanding of Truth; but prayer, coupled with a fervent habitual
desire to know and do the will of God, will bring us into all Truth. Such a desire has little need of audible expression. It is best expressed in thought and in life.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 11:27
Read more on how Christian Science Prayer works
Read now
The Prayer that Covers All Human Needs
Jill Gooding
June 27, 2005 Christian Science Sentinel
Read now
How praying with the Lord’s Prayer brings healing
Chat with Marion English
Christian Science Sentinel, Aug 16, 2016
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The Holy Bible
The Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:9–13
After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. …
From the Christian Science Hymnal
No mortal sense can still or stay
The flight of silent prayer,
Unceasing, voiceless, heart-desire
That seeks God everywhere.
The heart’s own longing lifts it high
Where words can never reach,
Though human lips may never form
That glory into speech.
The voices that are worldly wise,
With mortal modes in tune,
Are mute in that transcendent hour
When God and man commune.
No. 194:1–3
Our Master taught his disciples one brief prayer, which we name after him the Lord’s Prayer. …Only as we rise above all material sensuousness and sin, can we reach the heaven-born aspiration and spiritual consciousness, which is indicated in the Lord’s Prayer and which instantaneously heals the sick.
Here let me give what I understand to be the spiritual sense of the Lord’s Prayer:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Adorable One.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Enable us to know, – as in heaven, so on earth,
– God is omnipotent, supreme.
Give us this day our daily bread;
Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And Love is reflected in love;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 16:7–8, 20–25
Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee. Therefore despair not nor murmur, for that which seeketh to save, to heal, and to deliver, will guide thee, if thou seekest this guidance.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 149:31
The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God, — a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 1:1–4
Prayer cannot change the unalterable Truth, nor can prayer alone give us an understanding of Truth; but prayer, coupled with a fervent habitual
desire to know and do the will of God, will bring us into all Truth. Such a desire has little need of audible expression. It is best expressed in thought and in life.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 11:27
Read more on how Christian Science Prayer works
Read now
The Prayer that Covers All Human Needs
Jill Gooding
June 27, 2005 Christian Science Sentinel
How praying with the Lord’s Prayer brings healing
Chat with Marion English
Christian Science Sentinel, Aug 16, 2016
Listen now
Need more help with Christian Science Prayer?
Speak with a Christian Science Practitioner. Find a Christian Science Practitioner in British Columbia
Get help
To locate a Christian Science bookstore and study room
You can purchase a copy of the Bible or Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures, or speak with an attendant. Find a list of Christian Science Reading Rooms in BC.
Learn more
The Holy Bible
The Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:9–13
After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. …
From the Christian Science Hymnal
No mortal sense can still or stay
The flight of silent prayer,
Unceasing, voiceless, heart-desire
That seeks God everywhere.
The heart’s own longing lifts it high
Where words can never reach,
Though human lips may never form
That glory into speech.
The voices that are worldly wise,
With mortal modes in tune,
Are mute in that transcendent hour
When God and man commune.
No. 194:1–3
Our Master taught his disciples one brief prayer, which we name after him the Lord’s Prayer. …Only as we rise above all material sensuousness and sin, can we reach the heaven-born aspiration and spiritual consciousness, which is indicated in the Lord’s Prayer and which instantaneously heals the sick.
Here let me give what I understand to be the spiritual sense of the Lord’s Prayer:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Adorable One.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Enable us to know, – as in heaven, so on earth, – God is omnipotent, supreme.
Give us this day our daily bread;
Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And Love is reflected in love;And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,
Mary Baker Eddy, p. 16:7–8, 20–25