PAGE 47 AMEN
TOO DEEP FOR WORDS Thelma Hall Religious of the Cenacle
Anyone who has made retreat or New Years resolutions, recognizes how ineffective and even counter productive this can be. It is our "Yes" to God, (usually at the cost of another "death" to the false self ), which opens the way to new life in the Spirit. "Ongoing conversion" is the experience of the Paschal mystery, and Jesus has shown us the way. .. . . .described by Paul ;- |
PRAYER OF PETITION
A positive means of realizing the family spirit is by prayer, the prayer of petition , by which all of us unite together, pool our personal needs and aspirations, and address ourselves as a family to the one Father through the one Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. The family petition that we offer in the collect is a positive public expression, through our Amen, of our common desire for this sense |
The Son of God, Jesus Christ. . . . was never Yes-and-No; his nature is all Yes.
For in him is found the Yes to all God's promises and therefore it is "through him" that we answer "Amen" to give praise to God. 2nd Corinthians Ch1 v 19-21 N. J. B. |
of belonging to one another here and now.
A Modern Scriptural Approach to the Spiritual Exercises David M Stanley,S.J. The ancient Palestinian Eucharistic cultus of the first century contained a most moving acclamation-- the only phrase which has survived from the Aramaic |
In the "now" of each day and moment we will never lack opportunity to live the
"Yes, Amen" which was the love induced response of our prayer ; in this way prayer and action find their integrity. LIVE THE "YES, AMEN" WITH INTEGRITY |
Liturgy of the apostolic age, Marana tha ---Come, our Lord ! In the closing lines
of the Apocalypse the author presents the daily life of the Church as a continual liturgy of the parousia "The Spirit and the bride say "Come" " App 22:17. And as the book ends we hear the voice of Christ, the faithful Witness, summing up his testimony to the Christian people. |
NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE FOOTNOTES
Amen means ; that which is solid, trustworthy; it is the reply of human faithfulness to God's faithfulness in Jesus Christ. |
"He who gives this testimony says, "Yes I am coming soon ! " ( App 22:20 )
And heartened by this promise, the Church cries out, "Amen ! come Lord Jesus ! " This prayer we must make our own. AMEN ! COME LORD JESUS ! |
The Hebrew word Amen passed into Christian usage. Used by Jesus for emphasis ( translated as "truly" or "in truth" ). The word is later given to him as a proper name (2Col 1:20) and (Rev 3;14) because he is the true witness to
God's promises. |
The Amen Attitude
Three Keys for Effective Faith by Wayne Hammond New Creation Ministries Mary responded to the angel of the Lord. "Behold the maidservant of the Lord ! Let it be done to me according to your word. LUKE 1 : 38 |
STRONG,S Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
H543 amen sure faithfulness adverb truly ; Amen, so be it, truth. G281 amen.....of Hebrew origin ; properly firm |
Mary answered the angel with courageous words;
a powerful statement of faith, a declaration of submission, a declaration of confidence, a declaration of expectation. |
figuratively trustworthy
adverb surely (often as an interjection so be it, amen, verily. ) |
We observe these principles in the lives of believers ;
in the bible in history and today. THE AMEN ATTITUDE |
THAYER'S GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
aunv, to be sure.................firm...............faithful it came to be used as an adverb by which by which something is asserted or confirmed at the beginning of a discourse; surely, of a truth, truely. . . . . solemnly I declare unto you,.....in Johns gospel most assuredly. |
Biblical Reflections on the Lords Prayer by Scott Hahn
Q Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Mystagogic Catechesis V Then after completeing the prayer you say, "Amen" ; by which this "Amen" which means "so be it" you set your seal to the petition of this divinely taught prayer. |
at the close of a sentence; so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled.
When he who had read or discoursed had offered up a solemn prayer to God, the others in attendance responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own; the well-known response. . . .Amen. AMEN in Hebrew and in Greek. |
The seal set in sealing wax gave your personal , verifiable ,deliberate stamp on
things, a seal of approval and a seal of commitment. SET YOUR SEAL |
Desiring God's Will David G Benner
The natural sub conscious prayer of most folk is; My name be hallowed, My kingdom come, My will be done. That is a prayer of independence and willfulness. It is the litany of the kingdom of self The LORD'S PRAYER inverts everything in the liturgy of self.. |
The Soul of Prayer P.T.Forsyth 1848 --- 1921
Prayer in Christ's name is prayer for Christ's object...... The true close of prayer is when the utterance expires in its own spiritual fullness. That is the true Amen. Such times there are. We feel we are at last laid open to God. We feel as though we "did see heaven opened, and the holy angels and the |
"Thy name be hallowed, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.
How enthusiastic is our AMEN to the true meaning of the Lords Prayer ? We need to ask for God's desires and priorities to become ours. Eventually we come to realize that God's will is God's dream for us and the world. It's a dream full of life together in the reign of Perfect Love. |
Great God himself " (1) The prayer ends itself ; we do not end it. It mounts up to heaven and renders its spirit up to God , saying "It is finished"
(1) Handel's words, on completing the Messiah. THE AMEN OF SPIRITUAL FULLNESS. |
Christian spirituality is a heart and will unified in Christ and
orientated towards the loving Father. Now we can say to a prayer which asks Our Father for Our daily bread, for the forgiveness of Our sins and together with the whole Christian community we choose His will over Our will. |