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15 Αυγ 2009 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that our Lord would use the phrase “Amen, amen” in order “to emphasize the trustworthiness of his teaching, His authority founded on God’s truth” (CCC, 1063). Similarly, we use the term “Amen” after we recite the Our Father at Mass during what is known as the “Great Amen” as well ...
When one says “amen” in response to a prayer, it serves as an affirmation of agreement with the content of the prayer (cf. 1 Cor 14:16)—in which case it is sometimes translated “So be it” (cf. CCC 2856)—or as an expression of faith that God will hear and act on the prayer.
Amen. ACT OF FAITH. O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became flesh, died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead.
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, thanksgiving, and petition that the priest has just concluded on their behalf.
As Catholics, we affirm this belief in the Eucharist during Mass, both through the Great Amen and when we say “Amen” when we receive communion. But what does Amen mean? When we say “Amen” to the statement “The body of Christ,” we are not merely concluding a prayer.
Amen. —The word Amen is one of a small number of Hebrew words which have been imported unchanged into the liturgy of the Church, propter sanctiorem auctoritatem as St. Augustine expresses it, in virtue of an exceptionally sacred example. “So frequent was this Hebrew word in the mouth of Our Savior”, observes the Catechism of the Council ...
In praying the Sign of the Cross, we are honoring the three Persons of the Blessed Trinity. The word Amen at the end of the prayer means, “So be it.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Hereafter CCC, paragraph 2856) In other words, Amen means that we believe the words that we are praying.
