Saturday, October 31, 2015

St. Nilus of Sinai on Prayer

St. Nilus of Sinai on Prayer
'But prayer interrupted by thoughts (the lowest form), and linked with bodily cares, is far from the structure of mind fitting for prayer. In such prayer man does not hear himself, but darts hither and thither in thought, not remembering what words he utters. But if the man who prays is such, will God's ear pay heed to what, in his inattention, he does not himself hear? With those who said, "Attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer" and "O Lord, hearken to my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication", the mind was wholly and carefully collected and not scattered and spread about over such things as is usual with the negligent, whose thoughts are uncontrolled.'
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