FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL
OUR THEME FOR 2024
PART 2
OCTOBER 8, 2023
GLORY BE
We end all our various prayers with the Glory Be (also known as a Doxology). This is done for personal prayers, the decades of the Rosary, worship, pray-overs, Praisefests, community events, etc. We say, โGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.โ
With the second part of every Glory Be, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ (๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด), ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ (๐ป๐ผ๐) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ). How wonderful is that! And it is as we affirm this, that we rightly give glory to the Triune God. The Glory Be is not just a closing prayer (which it is), but is packed with gospel truths, as we shall understand more of in 2024.
One way of looking at the Glory Be are the various roles of the divine Persons of the Trinity. In the beginning is the Father, who is Creator. Now is about the Son, who came into the world as man, suffered and died, rose again, and by all these won for us our salvation. Ever shall be is the work of the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies us and accompanies us in this life all the way to heaven.
Do I hear an Amen to that?