Desert of the Heart Prayer Community 4: St Joseph the Hesychast

[@vsevolodtokarev]

Thank you for organizing the daily prayer, father. I was instructed by my spiritual father to say Jesus's prayer a few times, but I was doing it at the least suitable time, just before sleep, when my attention is failing, and eventually fell out of the habit when I got seriously sick and my facilities degraded some more. Your call to the prayer at 9pm MT (it's 10pm where I am) is a perfect time; daily bustle is done, yet I am still fully awake. It's such a simple thing, yet I was not able to organize myself without your help. Thank you ever so much! Even then, something kept getting in the way all the time; we must be doing something right, as you said. Only I find 15 minutes of prayer too much for a beginner like myself; I set timer for 5 minutes and increase it a few seconds each day.

[@Mark-r8m4m]

My prayer life has went through the roof. I have never in my life had such a desire to pray. However, the repentance is painful and heavy. Passions are being brought up and fighting back . Feel closer to Christ than ever though. Thank you for this series!

[@bible_unleashed2]

How have you achieved this?

[@Lina-cu5en]

Thanks Fr. Paul☀💛🌟 We must not lose heart❤💞💖

[@ირაკლიმაისურაძე-ნ8დ]

God bless orthodoxy amen Jesus ❤

[@axonis2306]

I slightly prefer the microphone to be as it is now, echo sounds natural.

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

Love you all! Was greating seeing you at the parish i attend ❤

[@praisejesus-v7s]

i want to become orthodox christian, i have been looking into denominations of christianity for a few months i noticed the catholic pope is a heretic and the catholic churches, are being sinful. though i can't see any orthodox church, because my family think they idol worship. i noticed the love for God the orthodox has, and their channels having Good teachings. i hope one day i can see a orthodox church.

[@danielpetre3574]

May the good God bless you so that your wish may come true.!!!

[@oliverklaid2760]

Try looking into the Coptic Orthodox Church. May God guide

[@TW-fs3fj]

Father, would you please repeat the questions of the audience before you answer? It's hard to hear them most of the time

[@williamphillips3330]

☦️💜📿💜☦️

[@IIZCHAOS]

I'm really struggling tbh I'm doing the prayers but I'm really struggling ro fouc my mind during the Jesus prayer.

[@TheUrbanLamp]

One thing that has helped me is the moment I notice that I'm thinking about something else (whether it's for 20 seconds, or a whole 10 minutes) I just forgive myself without any kinda anger or frustration and go back to focusing on the name of Jesus. If that's hard I just take as many deep breaths as I need. Crossing myself helps too. I found that when I would get frustrated or anxious about my wandering mind, I found it harder to refocus my nous back to Christ. Remember, our God is a God of peace not a God of anxiety. Just forgive yourself, let the thought pass by and you'll find you'll forget it pretty fast when you focus on the words of the prayer. Through the prayers of the holy fathers, may the Lord bless our endeavors in the name of the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit Amen.