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 Forms of Solitary Prayer

4. MANTRA
One means of centering prayer is the use of the “mantra” or “prayer word.”  The mantra can be a single word or phrase.

  It may be a word from scripture or one that arises spontaneously from within your heart.  The word or phrase represents, for you, the fullness of God.

Variations of the mantra may include the name “Jesus” or what is known as the Jesus prayer, “Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

 
METHOD:  The word or phrase is repeated slowly within oneself in harmony with one’s breathing.  For example, the first part of the Jesus prayer is said while inhaling; the second half, while exhaling.

 

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