Comments on: St. John of the Ladder on Corporate Prayer http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2010/02/23/st-john-of-the-ladder-on-corporate-prayer/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Tue, 14 May 2013 00:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Natalia Arzhantseva http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2010/02/23/st-john-of-the-ladder-on-corporate-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Natalia Arzhantseva Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:26:03 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=1939#comment-2996 Father, thank you! Common prayer teaches us to stick to each other, appreciate each other, see the image of God in each other. Though the meaning & the importance of the common prayer is achieved by one not immediately (maybe not always, but I see how it goes with me). It is also invaluable - to come to pray together, to come to the church together, to take the Holy Communion together - with our beloved ones, with families, with friends. This is very uniting. And helps us to stick to God. And how joyful it is to see God's blessings in one another, to share the joy of being in His house, praying together or doing something together for God's glory! "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools" - was said by Martin Luther King Jr. Our power is in our unity. Orthodox Christianity needs strength & unity nowadays.       Father, thank you!
Common prayer teaches us to stick to each other, appreciate each other, see the image of God in each other. Though the meaning & the importance of the common prayer is achieved by one not immediately (maybe not always, but I see how it goes with me).
It is also invaluable – to come to pray together, to come to the church together, to take the Holy Communion together – with our beloved ones, with families, with friends. This is very uniting. And helps us to stick to God. And how joyful it is to see God's blessings in one another, to share the joy of being in His house, praying together or doing something together for God's glory!
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools" – was said by Martin Luther King Jr.
Our power is in our unity.
Orthodox Christianity needs strength & unity nowadays.
 
 
 

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