The Jesus Prayer

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The Jesus Prayer - resources

The following are some resources for discovering more about the Jesus prayer: Clicking on the book title will take you to Amazon.com from where you can place your order if you would like.

	The Way of a Pilgrim: And the Pilgrim Continues His Way , Helen Bacovcin (Translator) Foreword by Walter J. Ciszek, S. J., 1992, Image Books (doubleday) This is the version I read. It contains a nice appendix that includes some works of the early church Fathers called “Directives of the Fathers on prayer of the heart”.
	The Way of a Pilgrim - Complete Text and Reader's Guide, Dennis J. Billy C.Ss.R., 2000, Liguori Publications This is a new work! It contains the text of the Way of a Pilgrim (translation by R.M. French) and divides the story up into four sections with commentary on each section immediately following. This makes the book much more understandable and bolsters the spiritual nature of the pilgrims wanderings and his prayer method.
	The Way of a Pilgrim : And the Pilgrim Continues His Way, Reginald M. French (Translator) Forward by Huston Smith, 1991, Harper Collins This version contains a nice introduction concerning the history of the book and has some nice maps of the areas of Russia where the pilgrim journeys.
	The Jesus Prayer, A monk of the Eastern Church, Archimondrile Lew Gillet, 1997, St. Vladimir's Seminary This book has extensive information on the Jesus prayer, its history and background.
	Writings from the Philokalia on the Prayer of the Heart, Translated by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer, 1992, Farber and Farber ltd. The Philokalia is a collection of writings from the Fathers of the Eastern Church in the 4th to the 14th century. This book is a sub collection of the larger Russian version of the Philokalia which consists of 5-6 volumes. It contains many of the writings by the early church fathers on the Jesus Prayer. This is the book that the "Pilgrim" (see books above) carried with him along with the Bible.