Thank you. Very informative and ends on a moving note like encountering a dear old friend who reminds you of whats essential : prayer. I wandered away myself and the Pilgrim reminded me of the paramount importance of this one activity. A bit like remembering to call home regularly and often.
This is a great review. Really good to read something from someone with depth of experience in Orthodoxy. There's some good food for thought here. Funny how Christians of all levels of experience can so easily fall into our comfort zones. Perhaps the Jesus Prayer is the tool that we use to prevent this from happening?
Yes I think so. I’ve often thought there should be hesychast services (like in some monasteries) where just people gather with the prayer ropes and recite the Jesus prayer together, like the Catholics do the rosary. Sometimes I worry that prayer ropes are often seen more as fashion than tools.
Thank you. Very informative and ends on a moving note like encountering a dear old friend who reminds you of whats essential : prayer. I wandered away myself and the Pilgrim reminded me of the paramount importance of this one activity. A bit like remembering to call home regularly and often.
I’m glad that resonated with you. And you’re spot on: the Pligrim definitely feels like revisiting a friend to me this time around.
This is a great review. Really good to read something from someone with depth of experience in Orthodoxy. There's some good food for thought here. Funny how Christians of all levels of experience can so easily fall into our comfort zones. Perhaps the Jesus Prayer is the tool that we use to prevent this from happening?
Yes I think so. I’ve often thought there should be hesychast services (like in some monasteries) where just people gather with the prayer ropes and recite the Jesus prayer together, like the Catholics do the rosary. Sometimes I worry that prayer ropes are often seen more as fashion than tools.
We do this in my parish.
Great! What does the format look like for that?
Most excellent. And I am now a sub.
Thanks, Enoch. I'm looking forward to writing more for you. 👍
and whaddaya know! I also studied gypsy jazz guitar at one point.
Small world! I'm glad at least one person will understand my description of the Blues en Mineur lick in this post then, haha: https://open.substack.com/pub/armchairnotes/p/reading-writing-and-the-music-of?r=jjasa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Wonderful 👍🏼
Thank you, Seth. Glad to have you as a reader.