{"id":885,"date":"2023-08-18T20:11:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/?page_id=885"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:05:18","slug":"elementor-885","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/?page_id=885","title":{"rendered":"The Jesus Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"885\" class=\"elementor elementor-885\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c48417d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c48417d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-775d746\" data-id=\"775d746\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df4657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3df4657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Jesus Prayer<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8d97d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8d97d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b53afbd\" data-id=\"b53afbd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93a6723\" data-id=\"93a6723\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd48400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd48400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\"><i>Lord Jesus Christ, <br>have mercy on me, <br>a sinner.<\/i><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-679ad0c\" data-id=\"679ad0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cdf081 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cdf081\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-210184a\" data-id=\"210184a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2861bcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2861bcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26ac7b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26ac7b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bec89bc\" data-id=\"bec89bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9497ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9497ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Also called the <strong><em>\u201cPrayer of the Heart\u201d<\/em><\/strong> the Jesus prayer consists simply of uttering the single word <strong><em>\u201cJesus\u201d<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>\u201cLord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This simple, repetitive prayer goes back to the early Desert Fathers who would repeat the prayer either aloud or silently while keeping count on small stones or beads.\u00a0 It can be used in any situation and at any place.\u00a0 It can be said out loud or silently with your heart. The most widely accepted form of the prayer, <strong><em>\u201cLord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner\u201d<\/em><\/strong> reflects the biblical understanding that the name of God is sacred and that its invocation implies a direct meeting with the divine.\u00a0<\/p><p>Dr. Peter Kreeft, on praying the Jesus prayer wrote: \u201cThere is only one prerequisite, one presupposition: that you are a Christian. If you have faith in Christ, hope in Christ, and love of Christ, you can pray the most powerful prayer in the world, because you have real contact with the greatest power in the universe: Christ himself, who assured us, in his last words to his apostles, that \u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me\u201d (Mt 28:18).It is also the simplest of all prayers. It is not one of the many \u201cmethods\u201d, because it bypasses methods and cuts right to the heart of practicing God\u2019s presence, which is the essence of prayer, the secret of which has been given to us by God the Father. The secret is simply God the Son, God incarnate, the Lord Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"934E94AF_BA50_8F82_0796_A6C6DCC5005F\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8ff064 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8ff064\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e75294\" data-id=\"0e75294\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceea42c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ceea42c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e218d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8e218d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><em>The Catechism on Prayer to Jesus:<\/em><\/h1><blockquote class=\"templatequote\"><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>To pray &#8220;Jesus&#8221; is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him. This simple invocation of faith developed in the tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the invocation, &#8220;Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.&#8221; It combines the Christological hymn of\u00a0Philippians 2:6\u201311\u00a0with the cry of the publican and the blind men begging for light. By it the heart is opened to human wretchedness and the Savior&#8217;s mercy. The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases, but holds fast to the word and &#8220;brings forth fruit with patience.&#8221; This prayer is possible &#8220;at all times&#8221; because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote class=\"templatequote\"><p><em>The name of Jesus is at the heart of Christian prayer. All liturgical prayers conclude with the words &#8220;through our Lord Jesus Christ&#8221;. The\u00a0Hail Mary reaches its high point in the words &#8220;blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus&#8221;. The Jesus Prayer, says: &#8220;Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.&#8221; Many Christians, such as\u00a0Joan of Arc, have died with the one word &#8220;Jesus&#8221; on their lips.<sup id=\"cite_ref-49\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the invocation: &#8220;Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>(From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Part four, paragraphs 2665-2669)<\/p><\/blockquote><div id=\"934E94AF_BA50_8F82_0796_A6C6DCC5005F\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"934E94AF_BA50_8F82_0796_A6C6DCC5005F\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"934E94AF_BA50_8F82_0796_A6C6DCC5005F\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"934E94AF_BA50_8F82_0796_A6C6DCC5005F\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b125bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b125bf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38dc066\" data-id=\"38dc066\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44bac62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"44bac62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d97e53d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d97e53d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eaf11dd\" data-id=\"eaf11dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb71235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb71235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus<\/h1>\n<h4>January 3<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514905a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"514905a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus is historically associated with the Presentation in the Temple (Luke 2:22-40), when, according to Jewish law, on the 8<sup style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">th<\/sup><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\"> day after his birth, a male child was circumcised and received his name, becoming a full member of God\u2019s covenant people.\u00a0 The name \u2018Jesus\u2019 means \u2018God Saves\u2019.\u00a0 It is the name that the angel instructed St. Joseph to name the holy child when he told him to not be afraid and to take Mary as his wife (Matthew 1:21).\u00a0 The Gospel provides for us the beginnings of the Christology of the name of Jesus; affirming Jesus as saviour and emphasizing that the choice of the name was based on a heavenly command.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>From the earliest times, Christians have invoked the Holy name of Jesus and have believed in the saving power in the name of Jesus.\u00a0 In the letters of St. Paul, reverence for the name of Jesus is emphasized: \u201c That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth and under the earth.\u201d (Philippians 2:10) And in the Letter to the Romans, Paul writes of the salvific nature of the Holy name by stating that those who \u201ccall on the name of the Lord\u201d will be saved.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The power of the name of Jesus is also mentioned in the Gospels and is stressed in the Gospel of John when Jesus states: \u201cIf you ask the Father anything in my name he will give it to you.\u201d\u00a0 So powerful is this understanding and reverence of name of Jesus, that even today, many of our prayers will conclude with the words: \u201cThrough our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p><p>Devotion to and veneration of the IHS monogram, derived from the first three letters in the Greek word for Jesus, \u0399\u0397\u03a3\u039f\u03a5\u03a3 also dates back to the early days of Christianity.\u00a0 Official recognition of the Holy Name was made at the Council of Lyons in 1274 and popular devotions developed and increased through the Middle Ages.\u00a0<\/p><p>In the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century, the Jesuits made the IHS monogram the emblem of their society, by adding a cross over the H and by showing three nails underneath it.\u00a0 Constructed in Rome in 1568 the Church of the Ges\u00f9, formally called <em>Chiesa del Santissimo Nome de Ges\u00f9<\/em> (the Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus) is the Mother Church of the order.\u00a0<\/p><p>We honour the Name of Jesus, because the Name of Jesus reminds us of all the blessings and graces we receive through our Redeemer and Lord.\u00a0 When we call on the name of Jesus, we are brought into His presence \u2013 into proximity with the mercy of His saving love.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad606af\" data-id=\"ad606af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e742624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e742624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4a163 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b4a163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-771x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1126\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-1543x2048.jpg 1543w, https:\/\/www.divinemercynl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/shutterstock_2300483941-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jesus Prayer Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner. 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