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”?

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

234 St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 7.9 (NPNF I/6:283–284) amended.

235 St. Cyprian of Carthage, Treatise 4: On the Lord’s Prayer 25–26 (ANF 5:454).

236 St. Cyprian of Carthage, Treatise 4: On the Lord’s Prayer 27 (ANF 5:455).

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