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St. Augustine, What Does “Thy Will Be Done…” Mean?
Question 57 Part I
What does “Thy will be done” mean?
When someone prays, Direct my steps as you have promised, let evil win no power over me (Ps. 119:133), what else does he pray for than, ‘Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven?
from St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer by Fr. Ermatinger
Thy will be done is not left opened ended – we are not volitionalists. We are not praying that God’s will simply be done but we pray conditionally; that it be done on earth as it is in heaven.
