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To: metmom
Thanks for posting.

Some Orthodox Christians, particularly monks and nuns, have traditionally tried to carry out this scriptural admonition by saying the Jesus Prayer ("Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.") almost constantly.

7 posted on 09/27/2016 12:50:35 PM PDT by Martin Tell (Victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni.)
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To: Martin Tell

I don’t think for a moment that praying without ceasing means being on our knees 24/7.

We can pray about everything through out the day as situations come up. We can pray on the fly and don’t always have to be in a prayer position, on our knees for example.

One case I remember was when I was on an icy cloverleaf type on ramp to the interstate and as we were going around the curve, our van stated sliding off the road sideways.

I cried out to God out loud and no sooner did I finish speaking when the van lurched sideways, back onto the correct path and right back down the center of the lane. It was like a big, old angel body checked it back onto it’s right path.

My daughter and I just looked at each other in shock. I was sure we were going off the road into the ditch.


14 posted on 09/27/2016 1:59:48 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Martin Tell
Some Orthodox Christians, particularly monks and nuns, have traditionally tried to carry out this scriptural admonition by saying the Jesus Prayer ("Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.") almost constantly.

That's odd...Don't these guys ever get to the point of saying, 'Thank you Lord Jesus for forgiving my sins'???

55 posted on 09/28/2016 1:10:58 AM PDT by Iscool
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