The Lord's Prayer Reversed

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Again, whether you agree with it or not, I wasn’t finding fault with it. I was just going online to do research and due diligence as someone who reverted back to faith a year ago and was unsure of this practice. If I have questions, I’ll ask on these forums. If I am uncertain about some aspects of my faith, I’ll do some research online as well as asking priests/fellow parishioners. But appreciate your (name removed by moderator)ut!!
 
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BTW, I completed my penance in church right after prior to mass. The googling happened after I came home since the request to pray backwards was not something I was used to, but by happenstance I stumbled across websites pertaining to the occult which got me concerned (hence why I reached out here for (name removed by moderator)ut). But after what you stated, I definitely see what the priest intended for me to do (meditate deeply on the petitions).
 
I stand by you. I know you weren’t finding fault with it. I would have done the same.
 
I am in no way, shape or form involved in matters of the occult. That is complete and utter nonsense. It is because I am fearful of the occult that I asked for (name removed by moderator)ut.
 
“went to the Internet to find fault with it”.

You are assuming what is not stated, that the OP went to the Internet to “find fault with it.”

This is not charitable, and I am flagging this post.
 
You were judging that person’s intention by saying that person went “to find fault with it”. The rest of your post is reasonable. The quoted part is not.
 
I did the penance after (without question - as the priest also mentioned that he wanted me to start from the last petition to the intro as a way of “ascending” to the “Our Father”) and I googled it out of curiosity after coming back home and what scared me were the websites I stumbled across - I will definitely have a discussion with the priest on this when it is practical to do so. Since this happened after I came back home, it wasn’t practical for me to drive back to the church to have a discussion with the priest. When I come across something new, I’ll google it to do some research/due diligence. I’ve learned a lot about my faith this way as well as in discussions with others. Whether it is or isn’t a common practice doesn’t really concern me - I googled praying the Lord’s Prayer in reverse out of curiosity, but what concerned me was the practice of praying backwards possibly being an occult practice (which I obviously want to avoid).

To all - I really didn’t mean to start an argument. Just wanted your thoughts/(name removed by moderator)uts. Going back to work now and will have a discussion with the priest for sure. Thanks all!
 
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I am not making a personal attack. And I stand by what I said: I find it interesting that you went to the internet to find fault with it. And your looking on the internet to see if it was common practice or not common practice, is, in my way of thinking, looking to find fault.
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This is definitely the sort of thing I’d do - not to find fault, but out of curiosity, and to see if there are other spiritual practices associated with it that might be helpful. (Mostly out of curiosity, to be honest.)
 
Thanks! Again, wasn’t finding fault, but I simply did this out of curiosity.
 
I think the occultists say it letter by letter reversed not phrase by phrase like your priest suggested.
FYI I read that in witchcraft sometimes even Holy objects are involved like icons and blessed stolen objects from the altar. They are used for protection. So …who stole from whom? Does this mean we should abolish icons to prevent them from being missused?
 
I understand that you asked out of curiosity. You received some well intentioned respsonses. The others? I think at this point you can leave this thread at peace knowing there was nothing wrong with the penance you received, and reply no further. That’s just my .02.
 
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Exactly what I was gonna say.

Your priests command to pray the Our Father in reverse order using the actual words is A Ok.

The “our Father in reverse” means recording the prayer then playing it backwards in unintelligible gibberish.

Huge difference.
 
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Firstly, I’m very happy and grateful that the general consensus of posters on this thread believe the priest was simply offering a way for the op to practice mindfulness with the Our Father.
Secondly, I’m curious as to how many people believe that saying the Our Father reversed as in how the occultists apparently do in gibberish so to speak has any real affect. Or how many people believe it is superstitious to believe so?
 
I don’t think the words themselves said backwards has any real effect. There may be an effect from the intention - that is where the danger lies.
 
So do you believe the danger is to the person reciting the “gibberish” as in their mindset or attitude or can the reciting actually summon demons etc…? In your view? When I refer to “mindset or attitude” What I’m thinking of is garbage in garbage out as with porn or any other negative thoughts. We are what we think?
 
I would honestly not venture to say much on demons - all I know is what I can find on the internet and I think that is mostly nonsense. But I would say that deliberately thumbing one’s nose at God, so to speak, is a great spiritual danger.
 
“mostly nonsense.” I agree. " But I would say that deliberately…spiritual danger." Again I would have to say I agree. Thank you for the insight.
 
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; (john:2:15)
What ever you do, do with good intension!
Recite the prayer in reverse or from between or from the begining, doesn’t matter until and unless you have faith in God
 
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Just wanted to experience the exercise. Did you write it, or tap it out on your phone?
But deliver us from evil
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And forgive us our trespasses
Give us this day our daily bread
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Thy kingdom come
Hallowed be thy name
Who art in heaven
Our Father
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Reminds me of a priest who described a meditation “challenge” among fellow priests. They were to thoroughly meditate on the words of the prayer, meeting regularly to share their insights. After two years, half of them had not yet (to their own satisfaction) fully exhausted the first two words: Our Father

(R.I.P. Father G. may you see His face)
 
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