
When You Pray
A Practical Guide to an Orthodox Life of Prayer
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L. Joseph Letendre
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Anyone who prays or has tried to pray and given up in discouragement knows praying, really praying, is not easy. Praying consistently seems almost impossible. Too often and too easily, prayer becomes a burden: one more item on an already overcrowded to-do list.
Failing to pray becomes a source of guilt and stress as we must once again admit our inconstancy and procrastination to our father confessor. Yet, our Lord said, "Come to me, all of you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. My burden is easy and my yoke is light." (Matt. 11:30)
The purpose of this audiobook, then, is not to add to the burden, but to ease it by distilling the advice and experience of those who pray.
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St. Philaret of Moscow is the Russian Chrysostom. His mouth overflowed from a heart enlarged and illumined by the Holy Spirit, and his teaching has been a fountain of life to the Christian generations that have succeeded the great bishop. Here, for the first time in an English-language translation, we have a thematic collection of his sermons dedicated to living the Christian life. This audiobook contains a feast of faith and soul guidance that, if followed, will bring forth abundant spiritual treasure.
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The Russian Chrysostom
- By Justin Smith on 12-31-20
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Reclaiming the Atonement: An Orthodox Theology of Redemption
- The Incarnate Word, Volume 1
- By: Patrick Henry Reardon
- Narrated by: John Maddex
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In response to popular demand, Patrick Henry Reardon explores redemption and salvation through the lens of Scripture, patristics, and liturgics, as well as through history, philosophy, language, literature, and psychology. He brings all these perspectives together to show how the whole of Christ’s work—from Incarnation to Ascension—accomplishes the “at-one-ment” of God with man.
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fantastic!
- By Jordan McGuire on 02-08-24
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On Death and Eternal Life
- Popular Patristics Series
- By: St Gregory of Nyssa, Brian Daley
- Narrated by: Jonah Martin
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The seven works in this volume (some translated for the first time) explore the great human mystery of death and the promise of eternal life. They present—along with On the Soul and the Resurrection (PPS 12)—a vision that is consistent, philosophically profound, and characteristic of Gregory’s wider theology.
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Great theology from an early church father.
- By Russell D Swann Jr on 06-13-24
By: St Gregory of Nyssa, and others
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The Sayings of the Holy Desert Fathers
- By: Saint Palladius
- Narrated by: James Walmsley
- Length: 18 hrs and 58 mins
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These are the words or sayings (Apophthegmata), of various monks (the abbas, i.e. fathers) who lived in the deserts of Egypt between 250 A.D. and 400 A.D. They cover topics such as love, poverty, fasting, humility, and prayer, and there is usually a short story that gives the context of the sayings. These sayings are one of the few surviving records of the first monks such as St. Anthony the Great and St. Pachomius, who followed a strict way of life. Their sole aim was to draw closer to God through their labours.
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So happy to see on Audible
- By Phillip Straghalis on 05-13-21
By: Saint Palladius
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- Fingerpickin' Gal
- 07-23-19
An excellent starting point to an Orthodox life
If you've already amassed many of the 'essential books' that are recommended for those of us who are seeking to become better Orthodox Christians but are feeling overwhelmed, guilty, or as though you're slacking off, what better way to straighten up and fly right than through daily prayer? The problem is, many of us feel overwhelmed, guilty and like slackers because we don't pray enough or at all or perhaps no one has ever taught us the right way so we give up and continue feeling bad.
I actually had this book in my possession for a couple of years and only recently remembered that I had it!! I found a lot of guidance and wisdom from this little book and it couldn't have come at a better time. I'm applying what I've learned throughout my day, and day by day, I'm feeling less overwhelmed. The paperback is small enough to fit in my purse for quick reference. I've listened to the audio book three times already and I feel like I learn something new that I missed during previous listens. Could it be that the Holy Spirit helped me? I believe so!!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-27-19
Really useful, actionable advice
Short and sweet, practical and useful. Gives rich overview of prayerful life.
If you have regular prayer life and feel dryness or some uncertainty about prayerful life, this book helps you to check if you are on course. It did to me.
If you are new to prayer, you may wish to go deeper on certain prayer practice mentioned in the book, such as Lectio Divina, Jesus prayer, etc.
Highly recommended.
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- Vasiliki Whitten
- 08-10-21
An inspiration
An inspiring book on prayer. It wad up lifting. I recommend this book. Thank you.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-18-21
Practicable Advice on Prayer
This quick, practicable book on prayer is full of insight on how to improve your prayer life. I appreciate that L. Joseph Letendre addresses some of the basic barriers to prayer and how to adjust accordingly (with approval of your spiritual father). Some of the points he brings up that I found especially helpful were:
1- The command to pray always (1 Thessalonians 5:17, Luke 18:1) comes from the Greek “hesychia,” meaning to “come to rest.” This helps to frame prayer not as a burden but as a way finding rest in the presence of God.
2- You can choose short verses from the Psalms to continue repeating to help with continuous prayer.
3- You can adjust the Jesus Prayer according to the church season.
4- Sometimes a period of not feeling anything during prayer shows that deep work is being done on your prayer life, like when you get a shot of anesthesia at the dentist.
The book is also full of Bible references. I appreciated that Letendre said the references in the recording of the book as it helps us to understand how the advice is grounded in Scripture and provides reference for further digging.
Although this book may be short, it is full of spiritual depth. I have already listened to this book twice, and I plan to listen to it again.
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- Charlie Stayton
- 05-25-21
When you Pray
This wonderful 9 chapter book with appendix by L. Joseph Letendre gives some wonderful insight on prayer. As he explains there is nothing easy about prayer and it is too easy in today’s world to become easily discouraged in trying to keep our rule of prayer. Using quotes from both Fr. Thomas Hopko, Fr. Alexander Schmemann, the Scripture and many others, the author give us tools and an understanding that can help us achieve prayer or to “come before God’s face with thanksgiving” He uses St. Theophan the Recluse words on prayer to set up his chapter headings:
So, when you pray:
Pray as you can
Pray attentively
Pray the Lord’s Prayer
Pray the Psalms
Pray the Gospels
Pray for others
Pray frequently
Pray faithfully.
I found the chapter on Pray as You Can especially insightful, since we all tend to think we do not pray as we should. Finally He includes an Appendix on What Monasticism Teaches Us. This again is another tool in our prayer toolbox.
The Audio book is well narrated by the Author himself and is just a little over 1 hr. It is perfect for the commute to work, or even to listen over a couple of lunch breaks. I would highly recommend this book to all Orthodox and non-Orthodox Christians who wish to improve their prayer life.
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- Lucius 13
- 01-13-23
Most Practical Book on Prayer
No book has made prayer more desirable or more attainable than this book. Every word is gold. The author wastes no words. Not a minute of reading will be wasted.
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- Anyanet
- 12-06-18
Easy to listen and read...
For the first time a book on prayer that is really Orthodox yet has the down home, practical and realistic info on prayer. It addresses of those things that stop us from prayer yet none of us admit that we do. Thank you for writing this Joseph Letendre!
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- Elias Rademacher
- 01-19-20
Great Guide to Prayer
This book would be great for a new Christian, or anyone wondering how spiritual development happens for Christians.
It is also great for long-time Christians, like me, who tend to over complicate prayer and who need to be reminded of what prayer is, and to get back to the basics of how to pray. I really got a lot out of this book.
I bought the hard copy to lend to a Christian friend of mine who is struggling with prayer right now.
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- Cheesebodia
- 08-02-19
A Brief Look at Orthodox Prayer
This is a decent introduction to the Orthodox prayer traditions. It covers the major bases (private rules, Our Father, monastic prayer without ceasing, etc) while remaining accessible to a layman. Guidelines and rules of thumb are enumerated but not expanded upon. At under 90 minutes, this is a short work and can be listened straight through in one sitting.
A consistent problem is the narration; it was quite monotone and the author should have requisitioned a professional narrator for his book. Due to this I think that a physical edition would be more useful.
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- Paul Owens
- 09-04-21
Super informative
As a novie to the subject i was impressed by the balance struck in this introductory work.
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