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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 4. The Model Prayer

Why do we conclude the Lord’s Prayer by glorifying God with the words, “For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever”?

The answer

St. John Chrysostom says, “manifold as your weakness may be, you may of right be confident, having such a One to reign over you, Who is able fully to accomplish all, and that with ease, even by you … He not only frees you from the dangers that are approaching you, but can make you also glorious and illustrious.”237

“This He [God] desires you duly to perform, rather than the shutting of the doors, even to shut the doors of the mind.”238

“For because He Himself is invisible, He would have your prayer be so likewise.”239

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

237 St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew 19.10 (NPNF I/10:134) amended.

238 St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew 19.3 (NPNF I/10:129).

239 St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew 19.4 (NPNF I/10:130).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volumes 1 and 2, Books 1–7. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.