The types of prayer
Mar
26
2020
There are many ways in which we can categorize the types of prayer. A simple one is the following:
There are many ways in which we can categorize the types of prayer. A simple one is the following:
We must embrace the change. It is pointless to continuously resist. We must cut off our will in front of others.
How did Saint Joseph the Hesychast live his life and reach holiness? Read a fragment from one of his letters:
My child, I hope you are well. Just recently, I got somewhat better too. This is how my life has passed, with pain and illnesses. Now I have approached death once again for your sake. I said, “Let me die, only let my spiritual children live.” And I didn’t eat at all.
God always helps. He always comes in time, but
Avoid with all your power negligence! Self-esteem corrupts treasures that have been amassed, while negligence
The one who says that the righteous man should not have sorrows is like he is saying that…
The Lord sends his enlightenment only to them whose hearts with all their strength endure and thirst for the truth. That’s why…
The Church, through the church and Divine service, acts upon the entire man, educates him wholly; acts upon his…
Don’t foster sorrows in your heart because the joy of the evil one is sorrow and despondency, which beget many things which fill the soul with bitterness. “Saint Joseph the Hesychast”
Avoid bad thoughts as if they were flames pay absolutely no attention to them so that they don’t consume you “Saint Joseph the Hesychast”
Grace is attracted by warmth and zeal, but is lost through indifference and laxity.
Temptations in their various forms sadden people, so that they seek divine assistance all the more, and with tears. This is a dispensation of Divine Providence, in order to strip us bare. “Saint Joseph the Hesychast”
There are many ways of praying. They’re all good, if people don’t know how to pray with simplicity. But if somebody else is leading them, and they disobey, then their prayer turns and becomes deception. based on Saint Joseph the Hesychast
Knowledge, sensation, understanding, contemplation, insight and every movement of the intellect, everything in all things, should be directed towards God. based on Saint Joseph the Hesychast
Washing dishes is a lowly task, both in the world and in the monastery. It may be seen either as a chore to be done (or even avoided, if possible) or as one more opportunity for spiritual progress. In order for such tasks to be…