{"product_id":"the-jesus-prayer","title":"The Jesus Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique study provides the reader with both a historical and spiritual understanding of the prayer which simply invokes the name of Jesus. To pronounce the name of Jesus in a holy way is an all-sufficient and surpassing aim for any human life... We are to call to mind Jesus Christ until the name of the Lord penetrates our heart  descends to its very depths... The Name of Jesus  once it has become the center of our life  brings everything together. So writes the \"Monk of the Eastern Church\" in the course of the present work. To those who wonder how such claims can be advanced on behalf of the Jesus Prayer  and how it is that this particular way of praying continues to appeal so powerfully to contemporary Christians  Eastern and Western  Orthodox and non-Orthodox  this short book provides an answer. Starting with the veneration of the Holy Name in the Old and the New Testament  the author traces the gradual development of the Jesus Prayer first in Byzantium and then in the Slav lands. He concludes with practical suggestions for its use today  showing how it is a prayer not only of the past but equally for the twentieth century. Indeed  there are good reasons to believe that the \"way of the name \" as he call it  is being followed by more Christians in our own day than ever before - a striking sign of hope in an age of anxiety. Simple yet profound  this book reveals to us the secret of the continuing attraction exercised by the Jesus Prayer. Since its first appearance some thirty-five years ago  it has become a minor \"classic\" of the spiritual life  and it still remains the best introduction to the subject. - Bishop Kallistos Ware  from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952260018229,"sku":"ByrdShop_0881410136","price":52.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780881410136.jpg?v=1770156468","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-jesus-prayer","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}