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Paragraph 451. Christian prayer is characterized by the title "Lord," whether in the invitation to prayer ("The Lord be with you."), its conclusion ("through Christ our Lord"), or the exclamation full of trust and hope: Maran atha ("Our Lord, come!"), or Marana tha ("Come, Lord!") - "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!" (2664-2665, 2817)
Paragraph 2632. Christian petition is centered on the desire and search for the Kingdom to come, in keeping with the teaching of Christ. There is a hierarchy in these petitions: we pray first for the Kingdom, then for what is necessary to welcome it and cooperate with its coming. This collaboration with the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit, which is now that of the Church, is the object of the prayer of the apostolic community. It is the prayer of Paul, the apostle par excellence, which reveals to us how the divine solicitude for all the churches ought to inspire Christian prayer. By prayer every baptized person works for the coming of the Kingdom. (2816, 1942, 2854)
Paragraph 671. Though already present in his Church, Christ's reign is nevertheless yet to be fulfilled "with power and great glory" by the king's return to earth. This reign is still under attack by the evil powers, even though they have been defeated definitively by Christ's Passover. Until everything is subject to him, "until there be realized new heavens and a new earth in which justice dwells, the pilgrim Church, in her sacraments and institutions, which belong to this present age, carries the mark of this world which will pass, and she herself takes her place among the creatures which groan and travail yet and await the revelation of the sons of God." That is why Christians pray, above all in the Eucharist, to hasten Christ's return by saying to him: Marana tha! "Our Lord, come!" (1043, 769, 773, 1043, 2046, 2817)

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