The Engraved Prayer

What prayer is engraved on the cross?

The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father, the prayer Jesus taught his disciples in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The whole prayer is engraved across the cross.

Can you actually read the words?

Yes, up close. The text is small because the full prayer fits on a 3 x 5 cm cross, so it reads like a fine engraving rather than large lettering.

Is the Lord's Prayer the same for Catholics and Protestants?

Almost. Many Protestants end it with "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory", which Catholics also pray at Mass, just after the prayer itself.

Where does the 3 x 5 cm Engraved Prayer cross fall on its 60 cm box chain?

On the lower chest, below a T-shirt collar. It hangs close enough to lift and read the prayer, and low enough to wear under a shirt.

Is the Lord's Prayer easier to read on the silver Engraved Prayer than on the black?

Yes. Bright steel shows fine engraving most clearly, gold a little less, and black is the most discreet, for someone who keeps the words for himself.

Is it a good gift for a godchild?

Yes. The Our Father is usually the first prayer a child learns, which makes this a fitting confirmation gift from a godparent.

Lord's Prayer necklace for men

It is often the first prayer a child learns, and the one that stays when your own words run out. Two pieces carry it, so check the language before choosing. The Engraved Prayer has every line engraved across the cross, the prayer all Christian churches share, in silver, gold or black. The Reverent Prayer engraves it on a crucifix in Spanish, beginning Padre nuestro, for a man who learned it that way at his mother's side. Say it once as you fasten the clasp. More: Scripture Gifts.

Gold cross pendant men's, under the shirt or over it?

This is really a question about how you want to carry it, and there is no wrong answer. Under a shirt, it stays between you and God: choose a small, flat piece on a longer chain, like the Reverent Tag, which keeps faith quiet. Over a shirt, it is meant to be seen: choose something bolder, like the Devotion Cross, a double-outlined cross made to be noticed. Both come in gold-finish stainless steel. Some men wear it under during the week and over on Sunday.

My grandfather died at 91. I'm not much of a church person, but the Lord's Prayer is the one thing he taught me and it's the only prayer I still know by heart.

Then he gave you what you needed. It is often the first prayer a child learns and the one that stays when your own words run out. You do not have to be much of a church person to say it for him, and every Christian church on earth says it with you. The Engraved Prayer, has every line of the Lord's Prayer across a cross, small enough to fill the arms. On his birthday or whenever you pass something he built, run your thumb along it and say it through once. He gave it to you so that you would never be left without words, and today you are not.