The Jesus Prayer Might Radically Change Your Prayer Life

Have you heard of the Jesus Prayer? This meditative prayer (like the Rosary) calls upon the name of the Lord in an act of repentance. In this video, Matt Fradd explains how it can help us "pray without ceasing" as St. Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

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[CViEntertainment]

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. Have mercy upon me, a sinner."

[totalfaith]

Could not get my blood pressure under 169/110. Most times it was at the 188/118. Once I received my prayer rope and constantly recited this prayer my BP is now 114/77. Praise the Lord.

[orthodox_slav]

the Jesus prayer is one of the holiest prayers you can pray! it makes me happy seeing a catholic finally embrace a tradition from the East!

[maxkol]

I'm Roman Catholic and I pray this prayer as well as the Rosary. God bless all Orthodox Christians, from your Roman Catholic cousin.

[guspapadopoulos]

I'm a Greek Orthodox and I can't even begin to tell you the benefits of praying this constantly. A little advice though; At first it's not going to be easy because you're going to be distracted constantly. For instance when saying the prayer over and over again with your prayer rope, you should erase all secular thoughts from your nous [mind]. Trust me you'll see how hard that is in the beginning, especially when you reach a certain number, Satan will do his best to distract your concentration. Nevertheless stay with it and trust me you'll see how beneficial it truly is. God love you all.

[danielsandlin]

The tassel immediately made me think of the people who hoped to just touch the tassel of Jesus that they might be healed.

[nagendrarp]

Yes i am a hindu from India and this prayer works wonderfully. Thank you jesus. Jesus Christ i am a sinner please forgive me and increase my belief.

[femmecorbeau]

I am Catholic and this is my foundational prayer. It is a humbling prayer.

[FolkBoyify]

My priest instructed me to say it 300 times a day. 100 times in the morning, 100 times in the afternoon, then 100 times in the evening. ☦️

[nariko]

The Jesus Prayer:

"Oh Lord Jesus Christ son of God, have mercy upon me - a sinner."

[ericfedz]

"It's a lot more difficult to sin when you're in constant communication with the lord". Wow that totally makes sense. I know it might be obvious to some people but I never really saw it that way until he said that. Interesting point.

[pinklady]

Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner.

I am now reciting that prayer. Thank you.

[d-vision]

I am Protestant but this is really beautiful. I'm going to try it. Thanks...peace!

[nicholasbishop]

I'm a non-Catholic and non-Orthodox Christian. However, I say this prayer, many times. Thanks, for explaining to me, the in and out, breathes.

[mdg]

My mom always said "Senor Jesus, ten misericordia de mi" several times a day, for no reason. I remember hearing that a lot in my childhood, and as an adult I adopted it unconciously. Unbeknownst to me, I have pretty much been saying this prayer for a long time!

[Rgoyette]

I just said this out loud and I literally starting laughing uncontrollably and felt an overwhelming sense of happiness and comfort

[yennguyen-ujri]

When my aunt was newly converted to catholic, she did not know about prayer. Jesus would teach her in her dream about the Jesus prayer and he wanted her to say about 500 times a day.

[BonzMorg]

Being a non catholic, I am praying that prayer, I actually heard the Holy Spirit speak to me this morning telling me to pray something that has been affecting our home.. and I thanked Him and prayed it.. it lifted the atmosphere substancially

[celtickitc]

I am RC, I pray several rosaries a day. Now I will use my rosary beads to say the Jesus prayer daily too. Thank you for your ministry❤️

[justintrefney]

I had never heard this prayer before nor the idea of praying in repetition (other than the Rosary) Its been 2 weeks now and this prayer has changed my life! I feel as though this should be taught to everyone. God Bless you for teaching me this.