What Is Hallowed Anyway?

To know that God IS
(that God exists),
To know what kind of God, God is
(holy, just, love),
To be constantly aware of God
(fully aware of God's presence in all times and all places
rather than acutely aware of God's presence in some times and places but
completely unaware in others),
and to be constantly obedient to God
(in both thought and action):
This is reverence and
This is what we pray for when we pray
"Hallowed be thy name."

Let God be given the reverence that God's nature and character deserve.

And may your lives show God's holiness, justice, and love to all who surround you.

--paraphrased from the work of theologian William Barclay.