Martin Luther’s Small Catechism is a treasure for many reasons.  It gives simple, easy-to-understand explanations of the the Ten Commandments, the Creed and the Our Father.  It describes the sacraments, including a simple form of confession.  And it offers simple ways to pray in the morning, at bed-time and at the table.

Here is Luther’s prayer for morning, in five languages.  Some of the translations (especially the Romanian one!) may need a little work, but you can get the idea:

If you’d like to read the whole Small Catechism, you can find it in English here, or in German here.  Those of you who come to church in Cluj can have copies just by asking me for them — and of course, any of the pastors at our church will be happy to talk about Luther and his message of Christian spirituality.