When you pray or hear a prayer,you say Amen. Do you mean,"So be it!" or., "I endorse it!"?

Question

The prayer could be offered by any man of the cloth. He says, "Amen!" and the congregation responds, "Amen!." Are you stating, "So be it!" or are you saying, instead of Amen, you are saying, "I endorse it!" Which do you say or which are you actually sayin g in your heart even though you don't say it out loud? When you pray yourself alone, which do you say at the closing of a prayer?

Answer 1

Amen is a way to end a prayer; it usually means "so be it." When you pray, you usually are asking something, so you want that to happen, therefore you say,"amen," or "so be it."

Does that answer your question?

look at the definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=amen

Answer 2

Amen means "Yes".

I usually end my prayers with: In Jesus name, Amen.

Answer 3

amen came from the hindu symbol of om(aum) it gives the prayer spiritual energy

Answer 4

In Jesus name...Amen "so be it according to your will"

not my will but his.

Answer 5

Literal is "So Be It"
in meaning "Also I condone it, with both hands"

Answer 6

it means so be it
i have never heard "i endorse it"