The Jesus Prayer is Not Unceasing Prayer, but Only an Aid Toward It

You have felt the desire to learn the Jesus Prayer. God will bless you! But practicing the Jesus Prayer is not unceasing prayer; it is only an aid to it… Unceasing prayer is a gift of grace… and one must pray for it: “Lord, grant me to pray to You unceasingly!” This prayer consists not in words, but in a feeling toward God that does not depart. One must care for this feeling and keep it warm. (10, 111)1