The Christos-Sophia Prayer

[Jamie Thomas]

Perfect timing Rev Lovejoy

I needed something to repeat in my head while meditating.

For the last three days I have been Calculating the effect of net capital
gains on the discount purchase price of managed funds while trying to clear
my head.

Yours in Studying mode

Jamie



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[mailto:announce-bounces at saint-uriels.org]On Behalf Of Tim Mansfield
Sent: Wednesday, 5 September 2007 4:44 PM
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Subject: The Christos-Sophia Prayer


Hi folks,

Brother Jeremy Puma of the Order of Allogenes (among other things)
posted a simple little prayer on his blog today that I thought you
might like to adopt in your own practice.

The Eastern Orthodox tradition has a short prayer designed for quiet
repetition often called The Jesus Prayer (sometimes, I think, also
the Prayer of the Heart):

Lord Jesus Christ, Have Mercy

The practice is simple: you simply repeat that prayer over and over
praying as earnestly as you can from the heart.

It's a lovely prayer, but for people who haven't come to the Gnostic
tradition from a very Christian background, it can "chafe" a little.

Brother Jeremy posts:

> Over the past few weeks I've been spending time trying to come up
> with my own Jesus Prayer style prayer. Something that reflects my
> own spiritual approach. [...] Here it is:
>
> Jesus Christ fill me with Compassion, Holy Sophia bring me Wisdom
>
> This is simple enough to be used in a similar fashion to the
> Orthodox Jesus Prayer yet is reflective enough of my own focus on
> Compassion and Wisdom to make it personal. I think I'll call it the
> Christos-Sophia Prayer.

Please enjoy.

Tim
Sydney, Australia
timbomb at timbomb.net | http://www.timbomb.net/blog




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