{"id":14129,"date":"2024-07-23T07:48:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T11:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=14129"},"modified":"2024-07-21T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:49:35","slug":"orthodox-quote-for-july-23-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=14129","title":{"rendered":"Orthodox Quote for July 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"bkq8p\" data-offset-key=\"brih4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"brih4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"brih4-0-0\">&#8220;In the beginning it is necessary to say the prayer in a whisper, or even louder when confronted by duress and inner resistance. When this good habit is achieved to the point that the prayer may be sustained and said with ease, then we can turn inwardly with complete outer silence. In the first part of the little book {Way of the Pilgrim} a good example is given of the initiation into the prayer. Sound persistence and effort, always with the same words of the prayer not being frequently altered, will give birth to a good habit. This will bring control of the mind, at which time the presence of Grace will be manifested.&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"bkq8p\" data-offset-key=\"c2mvr-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"c2mvr-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c2mvr-0-0\">(Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi on the Jesus Prayer)<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"c2mvr-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14130\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/road-3186f188_1280-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/road-3186f188_1280-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/road-3186f188_1280-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/road-3186f188_1280-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/road-3186f188_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In the beginning it is necessary to say the prayer in a whisper, or even louder when confronted by duress and inner resistance. When this good habit is achieved to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthodox-quotes","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14131,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129\/revisions\/14131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}