Why Do Catholics STOP the Our Father Before Protestants?

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Have you ever attended a Catholic wedding or funeral and noticed that Catholics stop praying the Our Father while Protestants continue? Why does that happen? Many Protestants conclude the Lord's Prayer with: **“For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.”** But Catholics traditionally finish the prayer with: **“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”** So did the Catholic Church remove part of the Lord's Prayer? **No.** The additional ending is known as the **doxology**, an ancient Christian prayer of praise. The doxology does not appear in the earliest surviving Greek manuscripts of Matthew's Gospel or in Saint Jerome's Latin Vulgate. However, it became part of Christian liturgical tradition and appears in later biblical manuscripts, including those associated with the King James Bible. And here's something many people don't realize: **Catholics DO pray the doxology during Mass!** After the Our Father, the priest offers an additional prayer asking God to deliver us from evil. Then the congregation responds: **“For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.”** So Catholics haven't rejected this beautiful expression of praise. We simply pray it separately within the liturgy. The next time you attend a wedding or funeral and notice Catholics and Protestants finishing the Our Father at different times, you'll understand why. Subscribe to Catholic Voices and Prayers for daily Catholic truth, traditional devotions, and clear explanations of Catholic teaching. Pray the Holy Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Saint Michael Chaplet, and other powerful Catholic prayers with us right here on the channel. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a video.