By Ignatius Brianchaninov, Kallistos Ware
The Jesus Prayer is predicated at the strength of the identify of the Lord. during this remarkable translation of Bishop Branchaninov's essay at the Jesus Prayer, we're brought to a non secular workout referred to as Hesychasm. Hesychasm supplies expression to the strategy of enlightenment that has been in use in Christian monasteries within the East nearly from Apostolic instances. Brianchaninov not just explains how the prayer works and the way to arrange for the perform, yet places forth numerous teachings from Greek and Russian mystics at the Jesus Prayer. He additionally discusses the pitfalls that may be encountered alongside the way in which and the way to prevent them, in addition to "material aids," similar to the rosary and posture, for the perform.
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We should persist, on the contrary, in the faithful recitation of the words of the prayer. ”30 There is need on our part for perseverance and zeal, for pain and toil, since “the kingdom of heaven is taken by force” (Matt. 11:12). Yet our zealous perseverance, although forceful, is to go hand in hand with a humble and patient waiting upon the will of God. ”31 As we are warned by the “Monk of the Eastern Church,” Fr. Lev Gillet, “A common mistake for beginners is to wish to associate the invocation of the Holy Name with inner intensity and emotion.
At night that great man of prayer, David, occupied himself with the remembrance of God: I have remembered Thy name O Lord, in the night, he says. I tuned my soul at night to a divine pitch, and, having acquired that pitch in the activity of the following day, I have kept Thy law (Ps. 118:55). “At night,” advises St. Gregory the Sinaite, quoting St. ”1 In the grim struggle with the invisible enemies of our salvation, the supreme weapon is the Prayer of Jesus. All the nations—the vociferous and wily demons are called nations—surrounded me, says David, and in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.
To those who feel called by God to the Way of the Name, we may say: Simply begin. Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia Translator’s Preface This translation was begun from the 1865 edition. On reaching page 342 it was discovered that pages 343–46 were missing. A search on the Mount of Olives for another copy of Brianchaninov’s book was at last rewarded, but the second copy proved to be a different edition (1905) containing numerous lengthy amplifications. Most of the changes in the later edition have now been incorporated in the present translation.