{"id":1136,"date":"2011-04-21T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2011-04-20T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T19:52:51","slug":"direct-communion-through-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2011\/04\/direct-communion-through-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Direct Communion Through Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Can you imagine any greater thing <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> than to have communion with God himself,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> and to be wholly absorbed by him ?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em>&#8212; Evagrios of Pontus. Chapters on Prayer. 34b.<strong> Philokalia. 1. p. 179.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>from my <em>Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer<\/em> colleague, V.Rev. Dr. john McGuckin&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Book-Mystical-Chapters-Meditations-Contemplatives\/dp\/1590300076\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303328829&amp;sr=1-4\" target=\"_blank\">The Book of Mystical Chapters, click here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With prayer, we do have the opportunity for grace to enter us.\u00a0 In prayer, we are reminded that a likeness of God may be found deeply inside us, and that we are always with the Divine and Holy Spirit.\u00a0 There is no separation between us and God; only in our own sin and error, and forgetfullness.\u00a0 Prayer restores this inseparable connection.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>+ + +<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have you read my new book, <em>Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer<\/em>?\u00a0 Or seen the movie version?\u00a0 Please write a review on the movie&#8217;s page in the\u00a0 iTunes store for us, and give it 5 stars, if you liked it.\u00a0 Please help us spread the word about the holy Jesus Prayer.\u00a0 www.JesusPrayerMovie.com, for more information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine any greater thing than to have communion with God himself, and to be wholly absorbed by him ? &#8212; Evagrios of Pontus. 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