Back to the basis

PATER noster, qui es in cœlis;
sanctificatur nomen tuum:
Adveniat regnum tuum;
fiat voluntas tua,

sicut in cœlo, et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie:
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris:
et ne nos inducas in tentationem:
sed libera nos a malo.
Quia tuum est regnum, et potestas, et Gloria,
in saecula.
Amen.

This time I started my blog entry with a prayer in Latin language. Why? Because! When I was talking to my muslim friends, I simply couldn't understand their philosophy about prayers which they 'suppose' to do 5 times a day. The tricky thing is the fact that all prayers are in Arabic language and what is even more interesting is that far not everybody knows Arabic language... Do you get my point?
According my logic: if you are saying a prayer, so it should be very honest. It shouldn't be automatic process. And the least what I would expect is that you would actually understand what are you saying.
Well, it is complicated...

However, I was carrying this dilemma in my head for a quite some time till I came across very random conversation with my CEO about it. And he pointed our very interesting fact which I totally forgot.
For many ages around the Europe Latin language has spread as the dominating language and made major influence on such languages as English, Spanish/Portuguese, French. Even today many phrases and expressions are used in medicine, law, science, etc.

Going back to the point: imagine a poor farmer with his wife and 12 kids going to Church on Sunday morning and the priest is leading mass - in Latin language. What these poor people could possibly understand? No need for answer. It was rhetorical question.

So, maybe we are not so different : )


أبانا الذي في السموات،

ليتقدّس اسمك، ليأتي ملكوتك.

لتكن مشيئتك، كما في السماء كذلك على الأرض.

أعطنا خبزنا كفاف يومنا. واغفر لنا زنوبنا وخطايانا،

كما نحن نغفر لمن أخطأ وأساء إلينا. ولا تُدخلنا في التجارب،

لكن نجّنا من الشرّير.

لك الملك، والقوة، والمجد، الى أبد الآبدين.

آمين