Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer

by Norris Chumley

• ISBN13: 9780062041708
• ISBN10: 0062041703
• Format: Bound Book
• Copyright: 2011-04-05
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Summary

For nearly two millennia, the holy menand women of Eastern Christianity havebuilt lives of reflection, humility, andconstant connection to God around asimple sentence, the Jesus Prayer. Now,Norris J. Chumley-a documentarian andprofessor-reveals the history, practices,and abiding wisdom of this mysticaltradition to the rest of the world.Chumley traveled to some of the earlyChurch's holiest sites with the VeryReverend Dr. John A. McGuckin, a priestand professor-to St. Anthony's Monasteryin the Egyptian desert and St. Catherine'sMonastery on Mount Sinai, to convents inTransylvania and to monasteries in Russia,the Ukraine, and Greece-in search ofChristianity's first mystical tradition andits modern-day practitioners. The monksand nuns he met taught him how to movethrough the stages of the Jesus Prayer, andhow it can foster an unceasing, and everdeepening,conversation with God.Enriched with stunning color photographsof these holy sites, where photography israrely allowed, Mysteries of the Jesus Prayerreveals the powerful theology packed intothis prayer's few words.