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Holy Mt. Athos: A Background
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Dr. Norris Chumley
You may have seen the recent “60 Minutes” piece on the Greek peninsula, Mt. Athos, since the last 1,200 years a holy refuge for monks and prayer, where there are only twenty monasteries. It’s almost impossible to visit there, as the monks are in total seclusion, having left their families and the world behind, only…
Direct Communion Through Prayer
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Dr. Norris Chumley
Can you imagine any greater thing than to have communion with God himself, and to be wholly absorbed by him ? — Evagrios of Pontus. Chapters on Prayer. 34b. Philokalia. 1. p. 179. from my Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer colleague, V.Rev. Dr. john McGuckin’s book, The Book of Mystical Chapters, click here. With…
A Prayer About Prayer
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Dr. Norris Chumley
Here is an inspiring prayer for your Holy Week. It’s from my colleague V. Rev. Dr. john McGuckin’s book, “The Book of Mystical Chapters.” Whether you pray alone, or in the company of others, try never to pray simply as a matter of routine, but always with conscious awareness of what you are doing. Evagrios…
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