I am a staunch Catholic but the Jesus Prayer is my go to prayer. I would suggest all my fellow Catholics to start praying it.

@adesertsojourner8015

5 жыл бұрын

Theologica Rex the words aside, the method of this prayer bares a striking resemblance to eastern yogic mantras and finding the inner light. I’m wondering if it’s truly compatible with orthodox Catholic Christianity?

@raymondfranklin724

5 жыл бұрын

I am also a Roman Catholic and I too perform the Jesus Prayer in English & Spanish. El Señor JésusCristo, Hijo de Dio, Ten piedad de mi, peccador.

@thomasowen5746

5 жыл бұрын

@@adesertsojourner8015 it is true that many ancient religions and spiritualities look for the inner light but that does not mean that it should be taken away from us. The gospel and the letters of John claim that God is light. If God is light and the Spirit of God, by his grace lives in us then we have the light inside us. St Paul says that our bodies are the temple of the Holy spirit (1 Cor. 6) so may I offer this image for the Jesus prayer. The Jesus prayer allows us to begin at the surface, the outer courts of the temple. As we journey deeper and deeper inside ourselves with this prayer we move through the temple into the holy of holy, the place where God dwells in us, the inner light. This prayer is a way through which this union with God can be achieved. I hope this helps.

@jennifercuddy5663

5 жыл бұрын

I find this stillness and prayer from the heart and soul surrounded by icons with incense burning to bring my prayers to heaven. I pray the Jesus rope before my Rosary.

@jennifercuddy5663

5 жыл бұрын

I find my Rosary prayers more powerful after having completed this act of repentance.

It is easy for us to take our lives for granted, and so much easier that we forget to thank God for even our every breath.

8:10 Breathing techniques for Jesus prayer - St. Nikiforos - Philokalia Vol. 4 (Eng) page 204-205; Symeon the New Theologian: "The Three Methods of Prayer" - page 72-73; 23:00

from a old pro church musician who knows about breathing and praying and sometimes chewing gum and walking....can't do any of that without Gods help. so delighted to meet Bishop Ware at last even if only 8 biblical days past. He was looking in better shape than my Orthodox Study Bible with his editing between the duct tape.

if you say the Jesus Prayer alot, you will actually find yourself practicing hesychasm quite naturally. for instance, i can say the Prayer twice at normal speed on one full breath. then breath again. if i slow down, just one. even slower, it goes "Lord Jesus Christ (breathe) Son of God (breathe) have mercy on me (breathe) a sinner." it really calms you down to just do somthing that you know is absolutely good in a relaxed, non anxious way. its Healing.

@anon2867

2 жыл бұрын

Please consult a spiritual Father

@om-qg7ju

Жыл бұрын

@@anon2867 why do you say this?

Very illuminating discourse. Thank you.

The Jesus prayer is for the beginners, just to focus the mind and invoke energy of bliss. Then when the self starts awaken and moves on towards other atomic worlds, ( uncreated light) experience different levels of illumination, understanding, and mastering. The goal is through continues experience to achieve detachment, dispassion, so he, she can purified. Then illumination, and different stages of union with different reality States. From ego center personality, towards unity center reality.the pure consciousness is starting evolving. Freedom from the lower and attachment to the higher.

His Eminence incredibly (but not surprisingly) weaves history and modernity of the Jesus Prayer in order to make proper suggestion to breathing techniques, in particular. The Metropolitan makes clear in this talk the earlier contexts that may not be easily comprehended by laity such as myself. Thank you for providing this publicly. Glory to Jesus Christ.

the St. Nikiforos account sounds like it is saying that when one concentrates on his own breathing with a simple mind, and prays while doing so, you love your own breathing and by extension your body for being alive, and you nurture love of God through prayer, and by appreciating your very life and praying to God at once, you see that your life comes from him, and it is an exeedingly joyous thing.

@Squidward_Tikiland

9 жыл бұрын

D- Diamond God, breath, and prayer. spirit, flesh, and mind. there are trinities everywhere.

Intellect+ heart. Rhe self : dispassion+ stillness+ peace.. Then the invocation

I think there is evidence in scripture and in the experience of mystic contemplatives (which is why they got in so much trouble, and indeed why Jesus himself got in so much trouble) that in fact we are God in essence, not just by grace. Not, of course the little self that we experience every day, but the invisible unknowable unity in which that appears.

@onewon5740

3 жыл бұрын

"That which is said to participate in something possesses a part of that in which it participates; for if it participates not in a part only but in the whole, then strictly speaking it does not participate in but possesses that whole. Hence, if the participant must necessarily participate in a part, what is participated in is divisible. But the essence of God is in every way indivisible, and therefore it is altogether imparticipable. On the other hand, the property of the divine energy is to be divisible, as the holy father St John Chrysostom frequently affirms. Hence it is the divine energy that is participated in by those who have been privileged to receive deifying grace." ---St. Gregory Palamas, the great defender of Hesychasts.

RIP

I've done the Jesus Prayer. It's OK. For awhile now, I've been saying, over and over, "Jesus and Mary, I love you. Save souls."

@iliya3110

4 жыл бұрын

And the body! :-)

@davidjohnzenocollins

4 жыл бұрын

@@iliya3110 Ah yes, the body! Actually, when it comes to vice, I want to be saved from my body!

@iliya3110

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidjohnzenocollins I'm sorry. It's my pride. Forgive me - I didn't mean to upset you. I agree my advice is worthless. Thank you for the rebuke. I need that sometimes. Take care.

@davidjohnzenocollins

4 жыл бұрын

@@iliya3110 No, forgive ME! I see now I didn't delete my post quick enough. My blood glucose was outrageously high, my insulin pump ain't any good at keeping it stable, and so I was peeved at everything. I am sorry - please forgive me.

@iliya3110

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidjohnzenocollins Of course - I forgive you! That's got to be difficult. It's crazy how much sugar levels can affect the body and mess with you.

I do the inner voice.

how can i get in touch with fr kalistos ware, does anyone know ?

@prettyprisci44

9 жыл бұрын

?? Try this Calif location for address: www.sforthodoxinstitute.org/administration/101-faculty/185-kallistos

36:33 mutual influence with sufism/Islam on the Jesus prayer...

1 Corinthians cannot be used exegetically to support certain prayer postures. St. Paul was talking about being holy in body.

@bayreuth79

9 жыл бұрын

Paul was talking about being holy in body. Yes, agreed. But what do you think hesychia is?

@TruthBeTold7

7 жыл бұрын

You're arguing in a circle--assuming that which is to be proved. Only if one eisegetes (reads into the text) can they get hesychia in the New Testament. There is no evidence that the apostles even knew of such a concept. There is nothing in the New Testament teaching it.

@thomasgroyper1401

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sherlock.

@anon2867

2 жыл бұрын

@@TruthBeTold7 Please research Merkebah tradition in judaism. St Paul followed the prayer of Ezekiel and Elijah. This is preserved in Orthodoxy

@TruthBeTold7

2 жыл бұрын

@@anon2867 Where is there a prayer posture in Ezekiel and Elijah? Cite the Scriptural references. Merkebah is a mystical form of Judaism, and dates to about the first century B.C. It doesn't go back to Elijah and Ezekiel.

База

There were Buddhist communities in Egypt well before Christians. Buddhism inspired all other mystical practices which seem to converge, no matter which doctrine and dogma one starts from. What really matters are those: Guarding your senses,desires Being mindful Isolation from society Meditation or prayer to reach a deep and revelatory state of quietness (samadhi, hesychasm).

@T_frog1

3 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is a false religion.

@entropia34332

3 жыл бұрын

@@T_frog1 all religions are dogmas and rituals, therefore false. But they can be ladders to be discarded when reaching the goal: authentic mysticism. They can show you that this life, society, your senses, are traps holding us captive. Εάν πεθάνεις πριν πεθάνεις, δεν θα πεθάνεις όταν πεθάνεις…

God is in Nunawading to end Glutencancer

Correction: you should know that the sufis by using the name of Allah are NOT invoking the holy name of God the Father. They are invoking the name of their god...which is satan yaltampaoth ...Do not mix the two together.

@davidbrant390

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, you're fucking stupid

@davidbrant390

4 жыл бұрын

@Andre Agrippa It's spelt "Qur'an" and "Muhammad", get that right first before trying to speak about a religion you're clearly beyond clueless about

@theboyisso6960

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidbrant390 hes right. Allah is the arabic word for god but its actually the name of an arabian moon diety. It even has daughters, look up allat.. mohammad mixed up his moon diety and the God of Christians together and created his version.

@davidbrant390

4 жыл бұрын

@@theboyisso6960 Read Surah 53

Jesus was speaking about himself as the Kingdom being in their midst not being INSIDE THEM, NOT TO LOOK WITHIN SELF... You are teaching the NEW AGE CULT of looking within for God in order to Ascend to enlightenment (or Godhood), was this not what the serpent said to Eve you will become Gods? Luke 17:21 New International Version nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.” New Living Translation You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom of God is already among you.” You have based a whole theology on a mistranslation of one word. The Kingdom was not within them, it was AMONG THEM (JESUS)

@rudymatheson1415

2 жыл бұрын

Could you explain this in context of the video

This dude needs to come off his high horse... while he might have done some research on Hesychasm, he clearly has not mastered it. I was called to practice Hesychasm by God when I was 17 (long before I knew what it was called). Instead of the Jesus Prayer, God showed me a Latin phrase to use that is very similar. You'll never catch me speaking the way this dude does, that's for sure.

@1too3fore

8 жыл бұрын

Master Blackthorne You can take it up with God when you finally meet. Titles will mean nothing then, much like they do now.

@1too3fore

8 жыл бұрын

Master Blackthorne I'm a real hesychast, called upon by God to practice and thus a true Christian mystic. AGLA.

@1too3fore

8 жыл бұрын

Master Blackthorne Why not? God is the one that guides me, not you.

@dlee3710

8 жыл бұрын

The dude is an Englishman who was called the priesthood and may have been ordained by Anthony Bloom. You should read "Living Prayer" by Metropolitan Anthony and look for wisdom before you post nonsense.

@thomasowen5746

5 жыл бұрын

This comment and your later comments are unfortunately very arrogant. To calm yourself a true Christian mystic is to negate the humility known to be a key character of 'true mystics'. I would consider in your prayer life walk towards a more humble outlook. Secondly, it is not your place to attack a man who has given his life in service to God by the way that he speaks. You may have views on his academic stance but why stack him personally? What have you to gain but the disappointment of God for attacking one of his children.