Christian/Catholic Greetings

[master_catholic]

I know a few friends who are protestant (and of course Catholic) and I was trying to think of ways to greet them that acknowledges our relationship in Christ (either as fellow Catholic brethren, separated brethren, or interchangeable). :idea:

Other than what I’ve though of, like “peace be with you” or “peace be upon you” or “peace of Christ be with you,” what other neat ways can we think of to great our brethren, other than “hi/hello”? (Which I must stress, there is nothing wrong with just saying hello, I just want to elevate the greeting.)

Thank you for your thoughts!

Peace!

 

[Jamie_Burns]

In medieval times a common greeting was “Hallowed be the Name of the Lord” and a common departure was “God be with you all.”

Over time these became shortened into the more casual–Hello, and Good-bye.
If your intention is to mean the same, then maybe Hello and Good-bye will work for you.

 

[master_catholic]

That’s interesting! I didn’t know that “hello” and “good-bye” were derived from those ancient sayings, kinda like breakfast - break fast - as in breaking the fast in the morning before mass.

That said, they still lost their christian meaning and they became very secular and generic. I’m looking for something that isn’t credulous if possible, but conveys the “I greet and acknowledge you as a brethren in the Lord.”

Thank you for the (name removed by moderator)ut

 

[adf417]

I know a few friends who are protestant (and of course Catholic) and I was trying to think of ways to greet them that acknowledges our relationship in Christ (either as fellow Catholic brethren, separated brethren, or interchangeable). :idea:

Other than what I’ve though of, like “peace be with you” or “peace be upon you” or “peace of Christ be with you,” what other neat ways can we think of to great our brethren, other than “hi/hello”? (Which I must stress, there is nothing wrong with just saying hello, I just want to elevate the greeting.)

Thank you for your thoughts!

Peace!

I find that looking for opportunities and engaging in common prayer is key. There are plenty of reasons to gather together in prayer to God the father. No Christian should pass up the opportunity and thus begins openness to other greetings and so on…

I had someone once tell me, “I had no idea Catholics pray to the same God as I do”.

Peace!!!

 

[Rivers23]

Well, the traditional greeting of my people (which has been Catholic for over a 1000 years) is ‘‘praised be Jesus and Mary’’ (a literal translation) and the receiver of the greeting would respond ‘‘forever and ever’’. Now, protestants probably wouldn’t like the Mary part.