So have I, and I began it before I was formally received into the Orthodox Church. The Jesus Prayer is so simple, but for someone like me, whose mind is always racing in a thousand different ...

This is a staple of Eastern Orthodox spirituality, which encourages daily, hourly, and even breath-by-breath use of their Sinner's Prayer, "the Jesus Prayer": "Lord Jesus Christ, son of God ...

COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into ...

We very much pity those Orthodox Christians who think that the best rest for ... but we believe that He does so in a supernatural way. In saying the Jesus Prayer, it is not so important whether you ...

For many Orthodox Christians an important form of prayer is the Jesus Prayer. This is a sentence which is repeated many times; for example: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me ...

Orthodox spirituality traditionally believes ... The heart of hesychasm is the Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." The term "hesychasm" was used as early ...

he became more and more sympathetic to the Orthodox Church, and as a teen, he had read the J.D. Salinger novella, “Franny and Zooey,” and was introduced to the Jesus Prayer and The Way of the ...

(We still open with the Creed once a week.) The Jesus Prayer is certainly familiar to Latin Catholics, but for Eastern Christians it’s the essential staple of private prayer. The closest thing ...