The Our Father and repeated prayers

I’ve seen some Protestants claim that we shouldn’t use or say repeated or written prayers. 

Now, this doesn’t seem to be academic level Protestantism.  Of course, someone would have to have some major eisegesis going on.

While I am aware that, so far as we know, Jesus never wrote anything, he did give us a prayer. 

You may know it, and here’s how the Douay Rheims renders it;

“Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our supersubstantial bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  Amen. 

For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly father will forgive also your offences”, (Matthew 6:9-15).

(If you’re wondering why there’s no doxology, I think it’s because there’s none in Greek.  I’ve read a Syriac interlinear, and it has it, so I can’t say it’s not part of the original text).

There’s a reason I started where I did. 

A lot of people will cite verses 6:6-8 to argue against repeated or written prayers (especially 6:7, though, your Bible may vary on what it says). 

Here’s the thing, though, Jesus explicitly tells us to pray, and telling us to pray THIS way, in fact, the Douay Rheims version says “Shall you pray”.  Jesus is telling you that this are the words that you say when you pray. 

You don’t have the option to not say this. 

Also, the fact it’s written down, kind of at least implies Matthew wants you to say it.

(And I used Matthew instead of Luke because I wanted an excuse to say “supersubstantial”)

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