Posted by Luke J. Wilson on 31st December 2016 in Prayer | Prayer,Star Wars,Chirrut Imwe,The Force,Jesus Prayer,unity,Holy Spirit,mantra
...the Jesus
Prayer:
"Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner"
This
Prayer is short and repetitive much like the Star Wars Force
Prayer, and was also first introduced by a monk (though a hermit monk rather than a warrior monk!). From the history of the Jesus
Prayer I once read, it was the quest of a young monk who wanted to fully understand Paul’s encouragement to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:15-18) and he came across a hermit who taught him this method.
The purpose of this Jesus
Prayer, much like Chirrut Imwe’s use of the Force
Prayer, is to constantly bring to mind, and keep it focussed on, God at all times, hence “withou...