Earliest Recorded Christian Prayer

Prayer

This prayer is widely regarded as the earliest recorded Christian prayer outside of Scripture

Clement of Rome

Help us to set our hope on your name, Lord.

You are the origin and source of all creation.
You open the eyes of our hearts so we can know you.

You Clement of Rome alone abide highest in the lofty place.
You are holy in the holy.
You lay low the insolence of the proud, set the lowly on high, and bring down the lofty.
You make rich and poor, give life and death.

You alone are the benefactor of spirits and the God of all flesh.
You look into the deepest places and see all our works.
You help and relieve those who are in peril, and you are the savior of those in despair.
You are the creator and overseer of every spirit.

You multiply the nations and have chosen out all who love you through Jesus Christ, your beloved Son, through whom you taught us, honored us, and set us apart.

Amen.