{"id":4604,"date":"2018-03-29T14:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=4604"},"modified":"2018-03-21T10:16:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:16:54","slug":"elder-joseph-of-vatopaidi-on-mental-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=4604","title":{"rendered":"Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on Mental Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"91tke\" data-offset-key=\"amn5c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"amn5c-0-0\">&#8220;We wish to be saved &#8211; and we most certainly must be saved &#8211; but our passions are more powerful since we are weak and have no selflessness. Unfortunately we also commit more sins. Therefore, we must get rid of the passions since their existence hampers our deliverance. Thus, we must hasten to cause the influence of Grace, so that she can help us, free us from the bondage of our passions and from our weaknesses and guide us to our salvation&#8230;Thus, we, more than our predecessors, need to locate Divine Grace operating inside us, both in quality and quantity. We are only required to express our love towards the Lord through this means, namely His memory. Therefore, we ought to force ourselves to recite the mental prayer. If someone wishes to keep remembering the Lord there is no better way than this.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"91tke\" data-offset-key=\"fb3qt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fb3qt-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fb3qt-0-0\">&#8211; &#8211; \u2018The Practical Expression of Love\u2019 <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fb3qt-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4605\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1v8-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1v8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1v8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1v8-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1v8.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We wish to be saved &#8211; and we most certainly must be saved &#8211; but our passions are more powerful since we are weak and have no selflessness. Unfortunately we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modern-orthodox-elders","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604","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=4604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4606,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions\/4606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}