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The name of Jesus is at the heart of Christian prayer. All liturgical prayers conclude with the words "through our Lord Jesus Christ". The Hail Mary reaches its high point in the words "blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus". The Eastern prayer of the heart, the Jesus Prayer, says: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
When Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, he did so with his face to the ground (Matthew 26:39). [1] On the other hand, in John 11:41 and 17:1, he looked upwards as he prayed. R. A. Torrey asserts that Jesus prayed early in the morning as well as all night, that he prayed both before and after the great events of his life, and that he ...
The Way of a Pilgrim is one of the most widely circulated prayer manuals in the Western world, with the Jesus Prayer possibly the most widely practiced Christian prayer after the Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary. [6] The popularity of the book was influential in the modern rediscovery of hesychasm as a living practice. [7]
Centering Prayer is a method designed to facilitate the development of contemplative prayer by preparing our faculties to receive this gift. It presents ancient Christian wisdom teachings in an updated form. Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer; rather it casts a new light and depth of meaning on them. It is at the ...
Kyrie XI ("orbis factor")—a fairly ornamented setting of the Kyrie in Gregorian chant—from the Liber Usualis. Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek Κύριε, vocative case of Κύριος (), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the Kyrie eleison (/ ˈ k ɪr i. eɪ ɛ ˈ l eɪ. i s ɒ n / KEER-ee-ay el-AY-eess-on; Ancient Greek: Κύριε ...
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Jesus Heals the Blind Man with Mud - (Mark 8:22-26) Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead - (John 11:17-44) Jesus Heals Ten Men with Leprosy - (Luke 17:11-19) B. Miraculous Acts (Prayed on Tuesdays, Fridays, and the Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday) Jesus Turns Water into Wine (John 2:1-11)
The Jesus Prayer, [lower-alpha 1] also known as The Prayer, [lower-alpha 2] is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.