The Jesus Prayer

The church has a rich history of prayer - and of prayers. The Lord's Prayer, The Hail Mary, and many prayers from scripture and the Psalms such as the Benedictus, the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimitus are a few examples. Since at least the sixth century, a prayer that has had an important role in the history of Christian Worship is The Jesus Prayer.

Though the Jesus Prayer has been used for centuries in the east by orthodox churches, for many the first exposure to the Jesus … [More]