Certain prayers were given by the great initiates, such as the Pater Noster, Hail Mary, the Conjurations of the Four and the Seven, and the Invocation of the Wise Sage Solomon, in order to aid their disciples. These prayers function in much the same way as mathematical formulas: they produce specific scientific results when empowered through devotion, sincerity and faith. Therefore we should not modify these prayers to fit our whim, but should respect the instructions given to us through the solar initiates by using prayers as they were intended.

If you can recite the prayers of the great initiates with an open heart, you will receive tremendous benefit, for as I mentioned, such prayers come from the superior worlds and reflect superior states of consciousness. These prayers are tools for the soul. Just as a hammer can be used to build a house when directed with intention and will, so too do the prayers given by the Masters can be used to defend, protect and elevate the soul when utilized with conscious faith. Such prayers are armaments for spiritual warfare.

However, you also do not need a formula. You can simply pray with your own words. It is not important that you can recite a long and complicated prayer from memory; what is important is that you are truly sincere, humble, and penitent, yearning with your heart and soul to be in direct communion with God. God rewards the devoted heart, and does not measure you in accordance with your ability to recite sophisticated prayers in a disinterested, unmotivated and dull way. The only value prayers have is your investment in them.

Shakespeare stated this very eloquently and with beautiful simplicity. King Claudius, after having killed his brother in Hamlet, attempts to repent of his sins, but cannot, since his heart is not in his words.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
-Hamlet, Act III.iii. 100-103