527. “Amen”

YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 527

Ave Maria series

Why do we end the Our Father with “Amen”?

Christians and Jews alike from ancient times have concluded all their prayers with “Amen”, thereby saying, “Yes, so be it!”  [2855-2856, 2865]

This the procession statue of Our Lady of Good Help that is kept at the National Champion Shrine 16 miles northeast of Green Bay on County Highway K.  Here it is seen displayed in a mirrored cabinet at the shrine Visitor Center. –Don L. Bragg photo 

When a person says “Amen” to his words, “Amen” to his life and his destiny, “Amen” to the joy that awaits him, then heaven and earth come together and we are at the goal: with the love that created us in the beginning.  165

 “Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.” --The clause added to the Our Father when it is recited at Mass is from the Greek word “emballein” which means “insert”.

“The Amen of our faith is not death, but life.”  --Michael Cardinal Faulhaber (1869-1952)

[2855-2856, 2865]

THE FINAL DOXOLOGY

2855 The final doxology, "For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever," takes up again, by inclusion, the first three petitions to our Father: the glorification of his name, the coming of his reign, and the power of his saving will. But these prayers are now proclaimed as adoration and thanksgiving, as in the liturgy of heaven.¹⁷⁶ The ruler of this world has mendaciously attributed to himself the three titles of kingship, power, and glory.¹⁷⁷ Christ, the Lord, restores them to his Father and our Father, until he hands over the kingdom to him when the mystery of salvation will be brought to its completion and God will be all in all.¹⁷⁸ –Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition 

176. Comparre Revelation 1:6; Rev 4:11; Rev 5:13.

177. Compare Luke 4:5-6.

178. 1 Corinthians 15:24-28.

2856 "Then, after the prayer is over you say 'Amen,' which means 'So be it,' thus ratifying with our 'Amen' what is contained in the prayer that God has taught us."¹⁷⁹ –CCC

179 St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catech. myst. 5,18:Patrologia Graeca 33,1124; compare Luke 1:38.

Statue  Procession OL Good Help Don L Bragg photo

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