NAME THAT PRAYER!!!!!!

Greetings,

Our prayers are named using an ANCIENT Latin Tradition.   Most people don't even know they are using a Latin Tradition.  In our Church Prayer, and Church Documents are named after the first words of the prayer or document.

We call the prayer that Jesus taught us the "Our Father".   Other groups will call it the "Lord's Prayer", but Catholics us the tradition of naming our prayers after the first words of the prayer.

Think about it:  We pray the "Hail Mary", the "Glory be".

I know some of you are already thinking of other prayers.   What about the prayer we say at 6:00 am, Noon, and 6:00 pm, the "Angelus".  Actually, the Word Angelus is the first word of that prayer in Latin.  In english begins:  "The angel of the Lord declared unto Marry."

Other famous prayers are the Magificat, and the Benedictus used in Morning prayer and Evening prayer.  Both of those words are the first words of the prayer in Latin, even though most people will say them in english.

The next time you invite someone to say the "Our Father", the "Hail Mary", or the "Glory be", know that you are naming your prayers in a very long tradition of the Church.

PS:  All Church Documents are also named after their first words in the document in Latin.

peace