THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN TO MEN, IN WHOM IT BEHOOVES US TO BE SAVED

(Acts 4:12).

LET THEM CONFESS THY GREAT NAME, FOR IT IS TERRIBLE AND HOLY

(Psalm 98:3).

FROM THE EAST OF THE SUN TO THE WEST THE NAME OF THE LORD IS PRAISEWORTHY

(Psalm 112:3).

FOR THOU HAST MAGNIFIED THY HOLY NAME

(Psalm 8:2).

A CHRISTIAN IS ONE WHO BEARS CHRIST IN HIS HEART

(Leonius, hieromonk of the monastery of Sava the Sanctified).

… And what is there to say much? Prayer is God, act in all things and in everything...

(St. Gregory of Sinai).

Abide continually in the name of the Lord Jesus, that the Lord may swallow up the heart, and the heart of the Lord: and the two shall be one.

(St. John Chrysostom).

This verb – the name Jesus – is embraced and kissed by men who have attained living communion with God, as well as all full prayer, being filled with ineffable joy, above all word and reason. But why is that?! For the sake of uniting your heart with the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

(St. Kallistos and Ignatius Xanthopoulos).

Let us arise and hear that this sacred queen of virtues calls out to us with a high voice: Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, that I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls (Matt. 11:28).

(St. John of the Ladder).

Author's preface to the 2nd edition.

Here, first of all, the lofty dignity of the Jesus Prayer and its necessity in the matter of our eternal salvation are shown; the meaning of the name "Jesus" is shown