All together: ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,’ Saying this prayer continually will help you in the union with Jesus.” / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

The prayer assumes absolute dependence on God's grace (we do not "cooperate" with grace); trust in Christ's lordship ("accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior"); and union with Christ (as in, "inviting ...

Some mistakenly think that the Jesus prayer is only for monks. However, the Optina elders also instructed laypeople to do the Jesus prayer. St. Barsanuphius (Plikhanov) taught, “In order to have ...

Perhaps it is true that Mormons unconsciously use the words of the Lord’s Prayer as a pattern for prayer, but somehow I don’t think so, especially because most Mormons are never taught it. In ...

The prayer of the Lord Jesus inaugurates a new era of prayer within the human family. Nothing before even comes close and nothing afterwards can exceed what the Lord Jesus gave us and taught us by ...

What Jesus’ midnight prayer in the garden tells us about cosmic conflict in the supernatural realm. “Father, if it is your will, please heal your servant; yet not our will, but yours be done ...

The prayer that Jesus taught us Michael Simone, S.J. July 12, 2019 In his book The Screwtape Letters, near the end of the first letter, C. S. Lewis talks about the soul-deadening power of “real ...