Amen

We speak this word at the end of a prayer to signify that we are in complete accord with the sentiment uttered.  And when we say “Amen” almost unadulterated Hebrew and Greek for this word has traveled through both these old languages and found its way into the English in practically its original form.  In the Lodge we say, after “Amen”, “So mote it be.” That is, we translate the word “Amen” by the use of the above form of expression and thus emphasize its significance.  We might say, “May it be so,” but because we like to cling to that which has been found good, we use the old form of “may,” which is “mote.”  There is utterly nothing secret about the expression “So mote it be.”