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| The Call to Prayer |
| "Glory Be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen." (+) |
| Jacob's Ladder |
| Garden of Gethsemane |
| Scene from the Holy Land |
| Have you felt the need to go apart for a while? Maybe you are being called to a life of prayer, that is, to a definite call to the prayer chamber. The call is to "watch and pray". It is a going apart from the world, but it is also for the world, and for all of those we intercede for, as the Holy Spirit leads us to pray. |
| Links of Interest www.desertpilgrim.blogspot.com www.ccel.org www.ccel.org/fathers2/ Read the Early Church Writings www.blueletterbible www.kanaan.org www.practicegodspresence.com |
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| "A person is deemed worthy of constant prayer once he has become a dwelling-place of the Spirit. For unless someone has received the gift of the Comforter, in all certainty he will not be able to accomplish this constant prayer in quiet. But once the Spirit dwells in someone, as the Apostle says, the Spirit never ceases but prays continuously: then whether he sleeps or wakes, prayer is never absent from that person's soul. If he eats or drinks, goes to sleep or is active; yes, even if he is sunk in deep sleep, the sweet fragrance of prayer effortlessly breathes in his heart. Then he is in the possession of prayer that knows no limit. For at all times, even when he is outwardly still, prayer constantly ministers within him secretly. The silence of the serene is prayer, as one of those clothed in Christ says, for their thoughts are divine stirrings. The stirring of a pure mind constitutes still utterances, by means of which such people sing in a hidden way to the hidden God. St. Isaac of Syria |
| "Pray Without Ceasing". 1 Thessalonians 5:17 |
| We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life: but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen from the 1892 Book of Common Prayer. |
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