For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever. Is this part of the Our Father or where does it come from?
A. It is not part of the Lord’s Prayer as it is given to us in the gospels but this beautiful prayer of glory dates back to the first Christian century. The prayer was used in the celebration of the Eucharist according to a very ancient document, the Didache, which is considered to be almost as old as the gospels. It was reintroduced into the Mass in the revision of texts some thirty years ago.
