Embolism (liturgy)

The embolism ( ancient Greek ἐμβάλλειν " insert, insert ", as a noun " Closing") is a postscript to the Our ​​Father, which is used in the liturgy of the Catholic Church. In the Roman rite of the Mass is a short prayer, the embolism, sung or spoken, which is a continuation of the last petition between the petitions of the Lord 's Prayer and the doxology (from the Greek " praise " ) by the celebrant.

It reads:

This is followed by the doxology concludes, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. "

Prayer for peace and for deliverance from evil in the embolism has its origin possibly in the time of Pope Leo the Great ( 440-461 ). In the turmoil of the Migration Period and at the sack of Rome by the Vandals ruled strife and war.

The sung or spoken embolism is part of the liturgy of the Roman rite of the Mass. In the St. Basil Liturgy and the Chrysostomusliturgie there is no embolism. In the Mozarabic rite of embolism is, however, also prayed in the Liturgy of the Hours at Lauds and Vespers.