{"id":1163,"date":"2007-02-23T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T07:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/the-hidden-man-of-the-heart-pt-5.html"},"modified":"2007-02-23T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T07:48:00","slug":"the-hidden-man-of-the-heart-pt-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/the-hidden-man-of-the-heart-pt-5.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Hidden Man of the Heart&#8221; (Pt 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorievonkahl.com\/Colonial%20Vigilance.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorievonkahl.com\/Colonial%20Vigilance.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><em><strong>Building up the heart by vigilance and prayer<\/strong><\/em><br><\/span><br>Vigilance = watchfulness of mind<\/p>\n<p>You should regulate your attitude toward God at the beginning of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise self-restraint and patience during prayer = helps direct the intellect.<\/p>\n<p>Three types of prayer:<br>1) said aloud<br>2) of the mind<br>3) of the mind in the heart<\/p>\n<p>The Jesus Prayer is based on a revealed relationship with the Holy Trinity \u2026 other prayers\/paths not so based.<\/p>\n<p>Divestiture of the world is only half of the model.<br>Constant vesting of the soul with the grace of God [is the other half].<\/p>\n<p>God showed His love through offering His pain and suffering.<br>Man can reciprocate by offering to God his pain and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>When we are unmindful of God, the Enemy slays us.<\/p>\n<p>The Fathers say: Forgetfulness of God = the greatest Passion.<\/p>\n<p>Part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/hidden-man-of-heart-pt-1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/hidden-man-of-heart-pt-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Two<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/hidden-man-of-heart-pt-3.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Three<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/hidden-man-of-heart-pt-4.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Four<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size:85%\">These terse notes were taken during the annual Clergy Retreat for the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, February 6-9, 2007. The retreat was led by Archimandrite Zacharias of the Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights-by-Maldon, Essex, U.K. These are <strong>my<\/strong> notes and were filtered through my poor faculties. Any and all errors theological are mine. Forgive me.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Listen to the entire talk \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/02\/final-hidden-man-of-heart.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:130%\">CDs now available<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:130%\">!<br><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building up the heart by vigilance and prayerVigilance = watchfulness of mind You should regulate your attitude toward God at the beginning of the day. Exercise self-restraint and patience during prayer = helps direct the intellect. 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