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2666. Mas o nome que tudo encerra é o que o Filho de Deus recebe na sua encarnação: JESUS. O nome divino é indizível para lábios humanos mas, ao assumir a nossa humanidade, o Verbo de Deus comunica-no-lo e nós podemos invocá-lo: «Jesus», « YHWH salva» . O nome de Jesus contém tudo: Deus e o homem e toda a economia da criação e da salvação. Rezar «Jesus» é invocá-Lo, chamá-Lo a nós. O seu nome é o único que contém a presença que significa. Jesus é o Ressuscitado, e todo aquele que invocar o seu nome, acolhe o Filho de Deus que o amou e por ele Se entregou.
2667. Esta invocação de fé tão simples foi desenvolvida na tradição da oração sob as mais variadas formas, tanto no Oriente como no Ocidente. A formulação mais habitual, transmitida pelos espirituais do Sinai, da Síria e de Athos, é a invocação: «Jesus, Cristo, Filho de Deus, Senhor, tende piedade de nós, pecadores!». Ela conjuga o hino cristológico de Fl 2, 6-11 com a invocação do publicano e dos mendigos da luz (14). Por ela, o coração sintoniza com a miséria dos homens e com a misericórdia do seu Salvador.
2668. A invocação do santo Nome de Jesus é o caminho mais simples da oração contínua. Muitas vezes repetida por um coração humildemente atento, não se dispersa num «mar de palavras», mas «guarda a Palavra e produz fruto pela constância». E é possível «em todo o tempo», porque não constitui uma ocupação a par de outra, mas é a ocupação única, a de amar a Deus, que anima e transfigura toda a acção em Cristo Jesus.

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sexta-feira, 18 de março de 2011

Articles about the Jesus Prayer

Comboschini (The Prayer Rope): Meditations of a Monk of the Holy Mountain Athos. This is an excellent introduction to the practice of the Jesus Prayer.
Introduction to the Jesus Prayer, by Her Royal Highness, Princess Ileana of Romania (later, Mother Alexandra, Abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA).
Prayer of the Heart for the Faithful Living in the World, by Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi (Spiritual Child of Elder Joseph the Hesychast).
Father Paisios the Athonite: Guidance about the Jesus Prayer. An excerpt from With Elder Porphyrios: A Spiritual Child Remembers, by Constantine Yiannitsiotis.
Interpretation of the Prayer - Lord, have Mercy!. An excerpt from the fifth volume of the Philokalia (not yet published).
Concerning the Jesus Prayer. From the Jordanville Prayer Book (1996 ed).
On Practicing the Jesus Prayer, by St. Ignaty (Brianchaninov)
On Prayer of the Heart: Excerpts from Exploring the Inner Universe, by Fr. Roman Braga.
An Orthodox Prayerbook, a handy compilation of Orthodox prayers from the website of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration in Lowell, MA.
Prayerbook of Holy Trinity Monastery: The entire text of this excellent prayerbook!
An Aid to Prayer: Some Thoughts on the Use of a Prayer Book. From the Orthodox America website.
Order of Prayer and Worship for Orthodox Faithful. Talk Given by Fr. John Townsend at the 1998 Southern Orthodox Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Explanation of the Lord's Prayer: An Excerpt from Concerning Frequent Communion, by Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite.
The Lord's Prayer: A Homily by Archimandrite George, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. Gregoriou, Mount Athos. Available in four Languages!
"All I Can Do Is Pray". From The Veil, Vol. 13, No. 1.
On Prayer, excerpts on a variety of issues related to prayer, from the Letters of St. Theophan the Recluse.
A Prayer Rule, an excerpt from The Spiritual Life and How to Be Attuned to It, by St. Theophan. See also by the same author: Inner Peace.
The Cell Rule of Five Hundred of the Optina Monastery: another prayer rule to consider adapting to your abilities and circumstances. I posted this mainly because of the example it provides in the meshing of fixed prayers and Jesus Prayers.
Selections from The Arena, On Prayer: by St. Ignaty (Brianchaninov)
The Power of the Jesus Prayer. Based on the Testimony of the Nun Tatiana (1912). "If someone dies while saying the Jesus Prayer, his soul stands in the presence of the Lord, and he will be inseparable from Him for eternity. Likewise, if a man dies while uttering the prayer, 'Most Holy Theotokos, save me, a sinner,' then he will be inseparable from the Mother of God. If someone is not able to utter even a single word, then, if he struggled to attain this prayer during his life on earth, his soul will say it for him on his deathbed. The state in which the soul leaves the body is the state in which it abides forever. There will be no change for the better. Only if one is commemorated (on earth) can he alter the state of his soul."
Humble-Mindedness: The Doorway to Pure Prayer: An interview with Elder Dionysius (Ignat) of the St. George Kellion, Kolitsou Skete, Mount Athos, Greece. From The Orthodox Word (Jan-Feb, 2005).
Prayer: Corporate and Private, from the book Marriage and the Christian Home
The Icon Corner, from the book Marriage and the Christian Home
Orthodox Prayers, including almost the entire Lenten Triodion (though a different version than the famous one produced by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria).
How to Set Up a Personal Commemoration Book, for personal use at home. By Fr. John Whiteford.
Prayer With the Non-Orthodox: a Q&A from Orthodox Tradition, vol. XIV, no. 4. Deals especially with the problem of praying at meals with heterodox Christians.
Praying for the Non-Orthodox, from Orthodox Life.
Prayer Life in an Orthodox Home, by Archpriest Roman Lukianov.
Prayer, Feasts, and Fasts, by the Ever-Memorable Metropolitan Philaret of New York.
The Psalms of David. Chapter Two from "The Typicon of the Orthodox Church's Divine Services."
On Watchfulness, Prayer and Confession: A Homily by Elder Ephraim of Philotheou. Translated from the Greek by Fr. Seraphim Bell.

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