May the Fourth, May the Force, May the Lord
MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU.
* And also with you. *
Burned into my brain at an early age with a whole host of other things. The Nicene Creed. The sung (chanted?) version of the Lord's prayer. Allelujiah and Amen. So many things. Things I may not believe in anymore, things I believe in part, things which make me feel spiritual and connected, but not necessarily religious. Things which have changed slightly and not-so-slightly as I left Catholicism and joined my husband at a Lutheran church and then an Episcopal one. Words added, tunes changed, prayers altered. The new hymns and mantras still keep me spiritual, still keep me feeling connected. I know them by heart now too. Will hum them for hours on end on a Sunday afternoon because they just get caught there in my head.
But ask me to sing the Lord's prayer and it's still the Catholic tune I sing. Ask me for call and responses and it will always, always, always be "and also with you.' Always. I don't care how often or for what reason things change, emerge, grow.
And also with you.
* And also with you. *
Burned into my brain at an early age with a whole host of other things. The Nicene Creed. The sung (chanted?) version of the Lord's prayer. Allelujiah and Amen. So many things. Things I may not believe in anymore, things I believe in part, things which make me feel spiritual and connected, but not necessarily religious. Things which have changed slightly and not-so-slightly as I left Catholicism and joined my husband at a Lutheran church and then an Episcopal one. Words added, tunes changed, prayers altered. The new hymns and mantras still keep me spiritual, still keep me feeling connected. I know them by heart now too. Will hum them for hours on end on a Sunday afternoon because they just get caught there in my head.
But ask me to sing the Lord's prayer and it's still the Catholic tune I sing. Ask me for call and responses and it will always, always, always be "and also with you.' Always. I don't care how often or for what reason things change, emerge, grow.
And also with you.