The Lord’s Prayer by Number Paternosters, Cross-Vigils, and the Forgotten Discipline of Embodied Prayer Modern Christians are accustomed to hearing phrases like “say five Our Fathers” or “X number of Hail Marys.” These sound casual today—almost symbolic. But in early Christianity, counted prayer was neither casual nor symbolic. It was rigorous.It was embodied.And it often […]
The Lord’s Prayer by Number Paternosters, Cross-Vigils, and the Forgotten Discipline of Embodied Prayer Modern Christians are accustomed to hearing phrases like “say five Our Fathers” or “ten Hail Marys.” Today these sound casual—almost symbolic. But long before later Marian devotions developed, the Church already counted prayers using knotted cords and ropes (chotki), focused primarily […]
Receiving the Word: How Meditation Makes the Word Effectual By St. Andrew’s Orthodox Celtic Church Introduction: When Hearing Becomes Receiving In the parable of the sower, Christ said that the seed is the Word of God. Some fell on stony ground, some among thorns, and others on good soil. But only the word that was […]
The Persistence of Prayer: Repetition as Faith, Not Vanity By St. Andrew’s Orthodox Celtic Church Introduction: Yom Kippur and Covenant Prayers In ancient Israel on the high holy day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), all of Israel bowed low before the Lord YHWH. The entire nation fasted and prayed unceasingly for the blood of atonement to be […]
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