Question about a penance

[cruzer07]

Hello all,

I’m new to the board and I have recently returned back to practicing Catholicism.

I haven’t been to confession for decades, but I went this Sunday to repent for all my mortal sins.

In part of my penance, my Priest assigned 10 “Jesus, I love you” prayers, but I could not find that prayer. I’m lost. Or was my Priest saying to recite “Jesus, I love you” ten times, assuming that I was familiar with the traditional Catholic prayers perhaps? There is a great deal more in my penance aside from that of course.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

cruzer

 

[Lancer]

I have had that as a penance not too long ago…expressed the same way. What the priest explained (I asked him…it was a face-to-face confession sitting in the back of the Church…he was a former Marine combat buddy of mine)…it’s specifically known as The Jesus Prayer… which is a prayer of love and faith in His Name.

One Jesus Prayer…Three styles…all centered on the Name of Jesus….expressing love and faith…explained by Dr. Peter Kreeft Prof. of Philosophy, Boston College…(a really top-notch catechist-apologist “long ball hitter” convert to Catholic Church):

The Jesus Prayer
Dr. Peter Kreeft | January 18, 201122

I am now going to tell you about the shortest, simplest, and most powerful prayer in the world.

It is called the “Jesus Prayer”, and it consists** simply in uttering the single word** “Jesus” (or “Lord Jesus”, or “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner”) in any situation, at any time and place, either aloud or silently.

Pax Christi

There is only one prerequisite, one presupposition: that you are a Christian. If you have faith in Christ, hope in Christ, and love of Christ, **you can pray the most powerful prayer in the world, because you have real contact with the greatest power in the universe: Christ himself, who assured us, in his last words to his apostles, that “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” **(Mt 28:18).

It is also the simplest of all prayers. It is not one of the many “methods”, because it bypasses methods and cuts right to the heart of practicing God’s presence, which is the essence of prayer, the secret of which has been given to us by God the Father. The secret is simply God the Son, God

Recommend whole article at the link…
integratedcatholiclife.org/2011/01/kreeft-the-jesus-prayer/

I personally like and was fraught the third option…Monks/the cloistered/hermits pray this unceasingly…until it is always emanating form their person/spirit with out any physical effort…my specific words are* Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, the sinner.*…always remembering its Jesus’ name that is the imperative word and meditation.

 

[Bookcat]

Hello all,

I’m new to the board and I have recently returned back to practicing Catholicism.

I haven’t been to confession for decades, but I went this Sunday to repent for all my mortal sins.

In part of my penance, my Priest assigned 10 “Jesus, I love you” prayers, but I could not find that prayer. I’m lost. Or was my Priest saying to recite “Jesus, I love you” ten times, assuming that I was familiar with the traditional Catholic prayers perhaps? There is a great deal more in my penance aside from that of course.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

cruzer

Sounds like he meant for you to pray 10 times “Jesus I love you”

So do that. Then in your next confession --note what you did.

 

[cruzer07]

I thank you both for your insights.

It seems I will do both prayer suggestions just to make sure.

Again, thank you sooo much for your time and efforts- this has been very helpful.

Peace be with you.

 

[Neofight]

If he was talking The Jesus Prayer, it is heavily used by Orthodox Church.

It goes (slightly dfferent from another poster):

Lord Jesus, son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.