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
"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.
- 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.