How do you end a prayer?

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When I was little, my Nanny taught me to end a prayer saying “In the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit.Amen.”
She was very catholic.

So I was praying with my fiance and his family the other day. They are pentecostal. They end their prayers saying “In Jesus’s Name. Amen.” I said it the way I was taught and I got funny looks. His gramma laughed because she knew all about it. She’s the only catholic in his family and I guess this is how she said it too.

So is it a Catholic/pentecostal difference or just a different way of saying it? Which ending is correct for catholics? How do you end your prayer?
 
I went to Catholic grammar and high schools. We always made the sign of the cross at the beginning and at the end of our prayers. I still do that.

It stands to reason that protestants would not use the sign of the cross as they do not believe everything that we do.

Have they tried to evangelize you? Be careful!
 
i don’t know why my protestant brethren only say “in Jesus’ name” at the end of prayers and at baptism. i’ve always understood that we did it because he asked us to use his full name. using just J’s name seems very casual. remember when mom called out your full name and the whole neighborhood knew something was up? it adds to the dignity of our communication with our God.
thanks for listening, love and peace, terry
 
Have they tried to evangelize you? Be careful!
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Oh yeah, they’ve tried, but pentacostal is really not for me…I mean, first they are very vocal and sing and dance and stuff at church and I’m the more quiet type, so a catholic mass is perfect for me!! Plus I saw one of them speak in tongues once and it creeped me right out, apparently that happens alot?
 
Whenever we said a dinner blessing at the table, my son Joshua (maybe 2 or 3 years old) would say “Socks” after we had all said Amen.

So sometimes we said “Socks” after Amen.
 
live your life so that your prayers and praise to God never end, they just pause while you sleep.
 
The proper Catholic way is “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen” while making the sign of the cross. I believe Pentacostals believe in the Trinity so I wouldn’t assume they would have a problem with that aspect, it’s probably just that it’s an ending that’s different from theirs. Say the Catholic ending with pride!! If they ask, just let them know you were taught the more formal ending and there you go! 👍
 
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thechrismyster:
live your life so that your prayers and praise to God never end, they just pause while you sleep.
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There’s a prayer by St. Josefa, that even while sleeping, one can still offer each heartbeat and every breath that you take.

"Our Lord revealed to St. Josefa Menendez, “During the night, you will rest in My Heart. My Heart will listen to the beats of yours, which will be so many acts of love and desire. Thus even while you are sleeping, you will bring back to Me souls who offend Me. Ask forgiveness for the whole world, especially for those that know Me and yet sin. Offer yourself in reparation.” Below is the resulting prayer.)

Eternal Father, I desire to rest in Your Heart this night. I make the intention of offering to Thee every beat of my heart, joining to them as many acts of love and desire. I pray that even while I am asleep, I will bring back to Thee the souls that offend Thee. I ask forgiveness for the whole world, especially for those who know You and yet sin. I offer Thee my every breath and heart beat as a prayer of reparation. Amen.

(I’m sorry I forgot where I got this, if you do, pls let me know…)
 
Many Protestants, including Pentecostals, don’t make the sign of the cross and say “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” simply because the practice is too closely identified as being CATHOLIC. For the most part, I’m sure it’s not a conscious rejection, it just isn’t in their tradition.Think about it: if you were to see someone start or end their prayer that way, what religion would you assume they are?

Also, many Pentecostals fall into a “Oneness” type of trinitarianism where they ascribe to what is known as modalism. This is the belief that God is not three distinct persons, but that he will act in three different “modes” depending on what he wants to accomplish at the time. Thus, when he was redeeming us on the cross, for example, he was acting in the mode of the Son.

This belief, of course, is heresy, and should be kept in mind when dealing with some Pentecostals.

There is nothing wrong with how your fiancees family ends their prayers (Catholics can end their prayers that way too), but just be conscious of the theology behind it. Truth matters.

To answer your question: I always begin my prayers with the sign of the cross (vocally and physically), but I may use another ending (“In Jesus name. Amen” or “Through Christ Our Lord. Amen”), but always “crossing myself” at the end.

You keep praying the way you were taught. 🙂
 
Good afternoon.

We start our prayers with the sign of the Cross and, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit;” we end them with the sign of the Cross and “Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.”

Hope this helps.

BTW, while the Protestants I know (Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Episcopals) practice infant baptism, all the Pentecostals I know are more like the non-Protestant Baptists and are adult-baptism only. Are there Protestant Pentecostals?

Rob
 
If I am correct, Pentecostals are not Christians, they do not believe in the Most Blessed Trinity and they do not use the Trinitarian Formula in Baptism. They are also vehemently anti-catholic.
( Please correct me if I’m wrong? )
 
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CMcLaurin:
If I am correct, Pentecostals are not Christians, they do not believe in the Most Blessed Trinity and they do not use the Trinitarian Formula in Baptism. They are also vehemently anti-catholic.
( Please correct me if I’m wrong? )
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Like other Protestants with no sure norms but their own interpretation of the Scriptures, Pentecostals vary widely in their belief system. You’ll find some trinitarians, but many are modalists as I described above. Some are strict dispensationalists (believing that the Old Testament–or even the Gospels–have no applications to Christians), and some aren’t. Similarly, some are more accepting of Catholics than other.
 
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CMcLaurin:
If I am correct, Pentecostals are not Christians, they do not believe in the Most Blessed Trinity and they do not use the Trinitarian Formula in Baptism. They are also vehemently anti-catholic.
( Please correct me if I’m wrong? )
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You asked to be corrected, so here goes. You are wrong 😉

The two largest Pentecostal denominations (the Assemblies of God and the Church of God, in which I was raised are fully Trinitarian and baptize with the Trinitarian formula; consequently, their baptisms are accepted by the Catholic Church. This is also true of a large number of independent “Word of Faith” and other Pentecostal churches.

There is a denomination, the United Pentecostal Church, that denies the Trinity and baptizes only in Jesus’ name, but they are a minority among the totality of Pentecostals.

As far as anti-Catholicism is concerned, that will vary from congregation to congregation.

DaveBj
 
In Jesus’ name?!? Only Jesus? What happened to the Father and the Holy Ghost? Hehehe… Not that “In Jesus’ name” is wrong, it’s just how they are. We of course, as Catholics, end with the sign of our faith.
 
Thanks everyone!! That helped a lot.

As for the anti-catholic stuff, my fiance’s family is kinda anti-catholic, but not so much that they reject me for it. Actually, when we first started dating, and they found out I was an atheist, they tried to convert me to pentacostal, which didn’t work, but they (along with my fiance for the most part) got me thinking about Jesus. I turned to catholicism because I knew when my Nanny was alive (the only catholic I knew) I was interested very much and she taught me some things. So when I said I was interested in catholicism they asked me why, they usual questions about the scandal and what not, but then they said that as long as I’m christian, it doesn’t matter. So they aren’t so anti-catholic, but there major problem is with the papal infalliability and praying to saitns and mary. I have to always explain to my fiance that catholics don’t worship them.
 
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CatholicSamurai:
the sign of our faith.
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I find it interesting, that some people will adorn their cars with “Jesus Fish,” since it’s an ancient Christian device referred to in early literature, yet will reject the sign of the Cross because “it’s not in the Bible.”

On prayer, I used to attend a non-Protestant independant Charismatic church where the Romophobic pastor would laud the great heroes of the faith like Martin Luther. So, silly me, I started reading Luther.

Hmm. . . Small Catachism . . . Luther starts out, when you pray, make the sign of the cross and say “in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.”

First step on a long road, and all that.
 
When I was a Baptist, I recall only saying Amen.
As a Catholic, I always make the sign of the cross in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Amen.
 
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