Tweet “God is thirsty for everyone. This thirst has already drawn the Holy to Joy and we the living are ever being drawn and drunk. And yet God stills thirsts and longs.” –Julian of Norwich (Christian Mystics: 365 Readings and Meditations by Matthew Fox, p.37) In her writing, Julian of Norwich speaks of God’s thirst…
Category Archives: Prayer
The Light of Christ
Tweet “’The Light of Christ’ has a refrain that is an adaptation of the ‘Prayer of Protection’ by James Dillet Freeman . . . . Dr. Freeman had written the prayer for soldiers serving during the Second World War” (from the album insert, Marty Haugen: Anthology I, 1980-1984). “[Dr. Freeman’s] 1941 ‘Prayer for Protection’ was…
Enter the Silence
Tweet “Silence is an urgent necessity for us; silence is necessary if we are to hear God speaking in eternal silence; our own silence is necessary if God is to hear us” (Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird, p.2). In order to enter contemplation through the…
Why Should You Pray the Jesus Prayer?
Tweet A common form of the Jesus Prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me” can be said silently in your mind or out loud. The Jesus Prayer can even be used as an intercessory prayer substituting the prayed-for-person’s name for “me.” But the question remains, “Why should you pray the Jesus Prayer?” In her…
What is the Jesus Prayer?
Tweet “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner” is a longer form of the Jesus Prayer. Two shorter forms are the following: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me” and “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.” Sometimes the middle phrase,” Son of the living God,” is…
A Celtic Christian Journey-Prayer
Tweet In her book, The Celtic Way of Prayer: The Recovery of the Religious Imagination, Esther De Waal writes, “I discovered that if I wanted to encounter Celtic Christianity, I had to look at poetry, and so I found myself being taken into the world of poetry and song. . . . I have found…
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