Hurry out of the church, to go in your room, greet the icon with some prostrations asking the Lord to go to a devout and utilities with the soul as long as you are presented with a lonely stay at home. We must, therefore, rest a bit, 'sitting down. Do not, however, the potential to become distracted by thoughts, spoken, but in yourself - thinking of nothing - the words: "Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy. "After you've rested a bit, 'we must do something: to pray or go to some manual work. What? I'll have to choose yourself. Not always necessary to deal with spiritual things, we must also have some employment manual, which is not cause for concern. It should start when the soul is tired, or fatigued and incapable of reading or thinking, nor to pray to God If these spiritual pursuits, however, are progressing well, you can let go of manual labor. It is intended to fill the time that otherwise would pass in idleness, which is always bad, especially in time of preparation for communion.
How to pray at home? You have well said, "You have to add something to the usual rule of prayer." Of course we must. And 'better, but that does not add unnecessary reading of prayers, but pray more long without the book, showing before the Lord your intimate spiritual needs. Read morning and evening, not more than the ordinary days, but before the beginning of your prayer - and after - and pray spontaneously, in the intervals between the prayers read, you add one, bowing deeply to the ground and kneel. Importuned the Lord, the Mother of God and the angel guardian asking everything you hear very necessary for you in words you give them, pray for you to know yourself, and this knowledge, including both the desire and the power supply to correct all what is yet to be amended and that your heart is filled a spirit of contrition and humility, in which sacrifice is more pleasing to God, not you submit, however, a rule of prayer is too long. Better get to pray and worship more often several times during the day. Dual so the prostrations during the day. Do not ever get away from the Lord with your mind, whether you're in prayer, whether you do something else.
Theophanes the Recluse
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