A Teaching on the Lord's Prayer

Adapted from the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church starting at Paragraph 578
Thus, when we end a prayer with this word we are stating that we are in agreement with what has been said.
The final doxology 
  • This ending was not originally included in the Lord's Prayer, not is it officially a part of the  prayer.
  • Doxology is a word that means: A spoken/sung expression of praise of God

"For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever,"
  • This ending was not originally included in the Lord's Prayer, not is it officially a part of the  prayer.
  • This final doxology brings us back to the first three petitions of the Lord's Prayer: 
    • the glory of his name
    • the coming of his Kingdom
    • and the power of his saving will
  • But these prayers are now proclaimed as adoration and thanksgiving, as opposed to petitions of prayer.