Give us this day our daily bread.
Because we are ignorant of what to pray as we ought, Christ puts words into our mouths. The form can be used as a prayer itself, though it also serves as a summary of what our prayers should contain. Use it with understanding, not vain repetition.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 6:9-15
Verse 11. Give us this day, etc. The word bread here denotes, doubtless, everything necessary to sustain life, . This petition implies our dependence on God for the supply of our wants. As we are dependent on him one day as much as another, it was evidently the intention of our Saviour that prayer should be offered every day. This is, moreover, expressed in the plural number-- give us.
Give us this day our (d) daily bread. (d) That which is suitable for our nature for our daily food, or such as may suffice our nature and complexion.