Mar 23, 2018 · The term ‘Great Amen’ is no longer in common use and is not in the Roman Missal. The amen at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer, and at the culmination of the doxology …

Amen! Today we look at our response at the end of the doxology: the Great Amen. After the priest sings or says, “Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of …

The Great Amen is the “people's prayer” that concludes the eucharistic prayer. The Great Amen is printed in all capital letters in the BCP to emphasize the importance of this moment in the liturgy.

Every Eucharistic Prayer concludes with the Doxology and the Great Amen. In this solemn, powerful moment, the presider holds aloft Jesus himself, truly present in the Eucharistic …

The worshippers assent to the Eucharistic Prayer and make it their own in the Great Amen. The Great Amen is a small or short word packed with power, a word full of majesty and glory. This …

The Great Amen is significant at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Doxology. Last week I pointed out that this Doxology sums up the entire Eucharistic Prayer. It directs the Eucharistic Prayer …

We stand during the “Great Amen” and it is usually sung and repeated several times in a joyous manner to emphasize that we agree to the Eucharistic Prayer over and over. "Amen" is a …

Catholics say the word “Amen” (or “Ah-men”) a lot. We say it at the end of prayers, often after we make the sign of the cross, and when we receive communion. In the mass, there is one …

The Great Amen, in the Catholic Mass, is a humble, but powerful response sung toward the end of the Eucharistic prayer and paired with the Doxology of the Eucharistic Prayer. Sometimes it …

To this doxology—to the entire Eucharistic Prayer — the people sing (or say) “Amen!” It is an assent to the Eucharistic Prayer and all of its particular elements of the consecration, praise, …