The Jesus Prayer

In the earliest centuries of faith, Christians in the deserts of Palestine and Africa sought a short prayer that could be easily repeated, in order to acquire the habit of "prayer without ceasing." The result was The Jesus Prayer :   "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me."   This jewel of Eastern Christianity aims at enabling a person to be in God's presence, rather than to focus on feelings or thoughts about God.   The first section of The Jesus Prayer offers a concise