The Jesus Prayer Can Transform Our Inner Life - Father Spyridon
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The Jesus Prayer Can Transform Our Inner Life - Father Spyridon
"The Jesus Prayer is a summary of the Gospel and is a tool for transforming our spiritual condition. Many of these ideas are found in the writing of Metroplitan Anthony of Sourozh." from the video introduction
Jesus Prayer - Prayer of the Heart
The Jesus Prayer is very simple:
"Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner,"
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The Jesus Prayer according to numerous Church Fathers is "essential" to our spiritual growth. The Jesus Prayer proclaims our faith and humbles us by asking mercy for our sinfulness. The Jesus Prayer is thought to be as old as the Church itself.
The Jesus Prayer, says Metropolitan Anthony Bloom, “more than any other,” helps us to be able to “stand in God’s presence.” This means that the Jesus Prayer helps us to focus our mind exclusively on God with “no other thought” occupying our mind but the thought of God. At this moment when our mind is totally concentrated on God, we discover a very personal and direct relationship with Him...from the website orthodoxprayer.org