So I have been here at my desk, talking out loud to myself, to God, to the imaginary people who can hear me and know me well because I talk out loud a lot, and I have some thoughts.
We say Amen at the end of our prayers. And I wonder why. It means basically, "So be it" and "truly." I take this two ways.
First that we are being kids again and asking to get our own way, when we should simply pray, "Lord, may Your will be done," instead of all the tiny details we go into to kindly in a roundabout way simply suggest some things to God. If this is the way to take it though, then I am worried about why we say this. Because Jesus was the one to say it in the Bible. And it makes sense when He says it, He is God. What He speaks comes to be. But when we say it? I just feel like there is something else we should be saying.
Secondly I take it to mean "may we be speaking truth," truthful needs and not selfish motives. And in some ways, especially considering the blog below, the misguided prayers that we sometimes make, maybe we should be more aware of this at the end of our prayers, and at the beginning possibly for that matter.
But then also, I have some thoughts about what else we could say. My thought, no one be offended by one person's thoughts, is Vade Mecum.
Vade Mecum is one of my favorite poems, by newcomer into my life Billy Collins, but more than that it is Latin, for...get this...."go with me." Doesn't that make more sense at the end of prayer?
I mean no disrespect to our longtime tradition, I am just trying to communicate with God in the best possible way, and I think this is something I want to incorporate into my conversations with Him, and I hope someone else finds the beauty in Vade Mecum.
Lord,
Thanks for this insight, I hope it is pleasing to You. And remember, Vade Mecum.
P.S. Anyone know the Latin for "go with us"?
And BTW, it is pronounced vay-dee-mee-cum.
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