{"id":4999,"date":"2018-06-25T12:54:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T16:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2018-06-15T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T00:55:13","slug":"elder-joseph-of-vatopaidi-on-distractions-in-the-jesus-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=4999","title":{"rendered":"Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on Distractions in the Jesus Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3e3fv\" data-offset-key=\"44hh4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"44hh4-0-0\">In his way we fortify our determination, we receive some courage and continue on our way. Doesn\u2019t the mind stay on the prayer? Is it confused and stressed by various thoughts? Never mind. The lips are praying. The lips will not stop. They will continue reciting the prayer and will call out: \u2018Yes, Devil. You will not allow the mind to concentrate on the prayer? I will call out with my lips. My Lord knows even the movements of my hands. I insist and I will call upon Him and He will come to my rescue. \u2018Raise the war cry you nations, and be shattered! Listen all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us\u2019 (Isaiah 8, 9-10).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3e3fv\" data-offset-key=\"denhf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"denhf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"denhf-0-0\">&#8211; \u2018The Practical Expression of Love\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"denhf-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5000\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/monks-chanting_13135_990x742-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/monks-chanting_13135_990x742-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/monks-chanting_13135_990x742-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/monks-chanting_13135_990x742-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/monks-chanting_13135_990x742.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his way we fortify our determination, we receive some courage and continue on our way. Doesn\u2019t the mind stay on the prayer? Is it confused and stressed by various [&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-4999","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\/4999","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=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5001,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions\/5001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}