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"On the Jesus Prayer is known to many Orthodox Christians.
But often itdo not attach such importance it deserves, and yet this is the main,key virtue around which everything revolves.
If you useBiblical way, this prayer can be compared to the ocean, which inprimitive times, before the flood washed all the earth, and watered it.
Withoutlife-giving action of the Jesus prayer, this spiritual ocean, in mannothing can grow, and the more fruit.It is believed that doing the Jesus Prayer can onlymonks and laity who every day are many worries, thats impossible.
ButTake, for example, St.
John of Kronstadt.
What happenedthe cause of his extraordinary prosperity?
This little to say, but he wasdoer of unceasing prayer.
Since he was very zealousChristian, took the unusual feat of service to others,figuratively speaking, he became a monk among the world and to maintain discipline,not to succumb to worldly and sinful thoughts, he needed emergencytension forces.
In addition, the devil raised up against him an extremely strongblasphemous language, of which Johns father sometimes says in his diaries.Call to prayer Jesus made his need.
And now, in addition to beingdeducted required prayers every day and served a liturgy,continually call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Although his father was Johnamong the people in vanity, he has maintained an internal note allows himsobriety take care of yourself.
Moreover, the permanent occupation of the Jesus Prayerled him to a state of such extraordinary moral purity that,times he beheld a presence of the Blessed Trinity.So, a man who seeks salvation, we can give a quick tip:"Pray!" This is the most important thing, and if people will do it, then graduallyand all the rest will come, as stated by the Savior Himself: "Seek first the kingdomHeaven, and the rest will come to you.
" The Jesus Prayer is the veryKingdom of Heaven, which we need to look for.
The Holy Fathers even call it theonly precious beads for which the merchant, that is justChristian leaves all their wealth.
This jewel, the Jesus Prayer, thoughand small, but its value is great wealth.
And this comparison,of course, is true.
In a brief prayer of Jesus, we really gainfull of action of grace.For better memory you can give a very briefinstruction: you acquire attentive unceasing prayer of Jesus.
AboutThese two properties prayer - unceasing and care - we mustcare for the most, and with it will come, and all the rest.
If wewe neglect this and think that we can and do some cunningto fulfill the commandment of the Gospel, or a separate board of the holy fathers, we have nothingwill not work.
This is only a dream.
"Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Rejdman)