st434u Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 This was breaking news a couple weeks ago, but I just realized that nobody had translated it into english and that none of the english-based media reported on it as far as I can tell. It's based on the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:9–13, although the spanish version is slightly different, which in this case makes it better. ---------- "We have now the Delegate's Prayer, because we cannot leave without this spiritual endeavor.Delegate's Prayer:Our Chavez which are in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in us, the male and female delegates; Hallowed be your name.Your legacy come, to take it to our people here, and to those over there (over there are the international comrades)Give us this day your light, so it can guide us daily.Do not let us fall into the temptation of capitalism, and deliver us from the evil of oligarchy, such as the crime of contraband: For ours* is the fatherland**, the peace, and the life, for the centuries upon centuries, amen, long live Chavez!"----------* emphasizing male and female again, not using the more common neutral pronoun** motherland also would apply here because of the way the term is used in spanish, although literally it means fatherland
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