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It is important to keep in mind, the verses preceding the Lord's Prayer (Mtt 6:3-9):

But When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you .. .....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray:...

Note that Jesus first refers to almsgiving, which is meant to fulfil the physical requirement of the deprived. Also note that he gives the Lord's Prayer as a Model Prayer by saying:" Pray like this... ".

We also need to keep in mind that the curse given to Adam was that he should earn his bread by the sweat of the brow ( Gen 3:19)! And, we see Jesus referring to the Manna which indeed was a physical food. . He multiplies bread and fish to feed the hungry audience . So, it is absolutely right to believe that Jesus meant physical food by saying ' daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer. But, we are free to pray for spiritual food, by all means (because Jesus only said: "Pray like this.."). 'Time' has already changed the original verse " Deliver us from the Evil One" to " Delivery us from evil" !
PS: 1. Almost 828 million people go to bed hungry, simply because they do not get the daily bread
2. St Mother Theresa was once accused of feeding the hungry to the extent of making them lazy.She calmly replied: "I feed a hungry fisherman so that he is able to stand up and hold the fishing rod." Hunger may look meaningful to someone on fasting ,not to someone on whom hunger is imposed !

It is important to keep in mind, the verses preceding the Lord's Prayer (Mtt 6:3-9):

But When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you .. .....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray:...

Note that Jesus first refers to almsgiving, which is meant to fulfil the physical requirement of the deprived. Also note that he gives the Lord's Prayer as a Model Prayer by saying:" Pray like this... ".

We also need to keep in mind that the curse given to Adam was that he should earn his bread by the sweat of the brow ( Gen 3:19)! And, we see Jesus referring to the Manna which indeed was a physical food. . He multiplies bread and fish to feed the hungry audience . So, it is absolutely right to believe that Jesus meant physical food by saying ' daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer. But, we are free to pray for spiritual food, by all means (because Jesus only said: "Pray like this.."). 'Time' has already changed the original verse " Deliver us from the Evil One" to " Delivery us from evil" !

< PS: Almost 828 million people go to bed hungry, simply because they fail in getting the daily bread ! Each time a Christian says the Lord's Prayer, he/she is supposed to remember those hungry people .

It is important to keep in mind, the verses preceding the Lord's Prayer (Mtt 6:3-9):

But When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you .. .....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray:...

Note that Jesus first refers to almsgiving, which is meant to fulfil the physical requirement of the deprived. Also note that he gives the Lord's Prayer as a Model Prayer by saying:" Pray like this... ".

We also need to keep in mind that the curse given to Adam was that he should earn his bread by the sweat of the brow ( Gen 3:19)! And, we see Jesus referring to the Manna which indeed was a physical food. . He multiplies bread and fish to feed the hungry audience . So, it is absolutely right to believe that Jesus meant physical food by saying ' daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer. But, we are free to pray for spiritual food, by all means (because Jesus only said: "Pray like this.."). 'Time' has already changed the original verse " Deliver us from the Evil One" to " Delivery us from evil" !
PS: St Mother Theresa was once accused of feeding the hungry to the extent of making them lazy.She calmly replied: "I feed a hungry fisherman so that he is able to stand up and hold the fishing rod." Hunger may look meaningful to someone on fasting ,not to someone on whom hunger is imposed !

It is important to keep in mind, the verses preceding the Lord's Prayer (Mtt 6:3-9):

But When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you .. .....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray:...

Note that Jesus first refers to almsgiving, which is meant to fulfil the physical requirement of the deprived. Also note that he gives the Lord's Prayer as a Model Prayer by saying:" Pray like this... ".

We also need to keep in mind that the curse given to Adam was that he should earn his bread by the sweat of the brow ( Gen 3:19)! And, we see Jesus referring to the Manna which indeed was a physical food. . He multiplies bread and fish to feed the hungry audience . So, it is absolutely right to believe that Jesus meant physical food by saying ' daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer. But, we are free to pray for spiritual food, by all means (because Jesus only said: "Pray like this.."). 'Time' has already changed the original verse " Deliver us from the Evil One" to " Delivery us from evil" !
PS: 1. Almost 828 million people go to bed hungry, simply because they do not get the daily bread
2. St Mother Theresa was once accused of feeding the hungry to the extent of making them lazy.She calmly replied: "I feed a hungry fisherman so that he is able to stand up and hold the fishing rod." Hunger may look meaningful to someone on fasting ,not to someone on whom hunger is imposed !

It is important to keep in mind, the verses preceding the Lord's Prayer (Mtt 6:3-9):

But When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you .. .....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray:...

Note that Jesus first refers to almsgiving, which is meant to fulfil the physical requirement of the deprived. Also note that he gives the Lord's Prayer as a Model Prayer by saying:" Pray like this... ".

We also need to keep in mind that the curse given to Adam was that he should earn his bread by the sweat of the brow ( Gen 3:19)! And, we see Jesus referring to the Manna which indeed was a physical food. . He multiplies bread and fish to feed the hungry audience . So, it is absolutely right to believe that Jesus meant physical food by saying ' daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer. But, we are free to pray for spiritual food, by all means (because Jesus only said: "Pray like this..")!
PS: St Mother Theresa was once accused of feeding the hungry to the extent of making them lazy.She calmly replied: "I feed a hungry fisherman so that he is able to stand up and hold the fishing rod." Hunger may look meaningful to someone on fasting ,not to someone on whom hunger is imposed !

It is important to keep in mind, the verses preceding the Lord's Prayer (Mtt 6:3-9):

But When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you .. .....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray:...

Note that Jesus first refers to almsgiving, which is meant to fulfil the physical requirement of the deprived. Also note that he gives the Lord's Prayer as a Model Prayer by saying:" Pray like this... ".

We also need to keep in mind that the curse given to Adam was that he should earn his bread by the sweat of the brow ( Gen 3:19)! And, we see Jesus referring to the Manna which indeed was a physical food. . He multiplies bread and fish to feed the hungry audience . So, it is absolutely right to believe that Jesus meant physical food by saying ' daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer. But, we are free to pray for spiritual food, by all means (because Jesus only said: "Pray like this.."). 'Time' has already changed the original verse " Deliver us from the Evil One" to " Delivery us from evil" !
PS: St Mother Theresa was once accused of feeding the hungry to the extent of making them lazy.She calmly replied: "I feed a hungry fisherman so that he is able to stand up and hold the fishing rod." Hunger may look meaningful to someone on fasting ,not to someone on whom hunger is imposed !