Adjutorium

Since all things were created by God through Christ and for Christ, and since his Lordship extends to all creation, that includes the demons as well as me. So that means that the demons and I have the same natural Lord. So, in the imaginary conversation I was just now having with a low-level demon, [...]

I want to make sure that nobody thinks I am suggesting that one use the Adjutorium instead of praying in one’s own words, from the heart. The Adjutorium is not meant to replace anything, but to add to it. It becomes a part of the rhythm of life, but does not remove the need and [...]

Abbot Isaac says:
Since it contains an invocation of God against every danger, it contains humble and pious confession, it contains the watchfulness of anxiety and continual fear, it contains the thought of one’s own weakness, confidence in the answer, and the assurance of a present and ever ready help. For one who is constantly calling [...]

The problem with appeals to “Celtic Christianity” is that the history of the Celtic church is shrouded enough that ….
from The use and abuse of Celtic Christianity « A Thinking Reed.
The reason I am exploring the Adjutorium in this blog is my intense belief that ancient Celtic Christianity as really practiced and attested to in [...]

Teaching the Adjutorium to a young parishioner.

Isaac maintains that the Adjutorium is applicable to all the times and conditions of our lives.
For it embraces all the feelings which can be implanted in human nature, and can be fitly and satisfactorily adapted to every condition, and all assaults.
There is probably a lot to be said about this, but here is what has [...]

Whether continuous prayer is a viable spiritual strategy for contemporary Christians is a question that I would not like to discuss. What does interest me, however, is another question: Do old prayers, like the one under discussion, “hold up” if the conditions which once gave them their pungency disappear? Most of us, I suspect, do [...]

To the person who is already convinced of the benefit of praying the Adjutorium frequently or even constantly, Abbot Isaac maybe says all that needs to be said. I will add my own thoughts later, speaking to those who may not already have a desire to pray constantly with a simple fixed prayer-phrase, and sharing [...]

Here is what Abbot Isaac the Great of Egypt has to say about the Adjutorium.
And so for keeping up continual recollection of God this pious formula is to be ever set before you. “O God, make speed to save me: O Lord, make haste to help me,”(Psalm 70:1) for this verse has not unreasonably been [...]

We begin discussing the Adjutorium with Abbot Isaac. (Wait! What about John Cassian? Cassian simply interviewed Isaac, so Isaac is really our concern here.) And I have an embarrassing confession to make. Last night I was researching him and got the information I wanted, but today, for the life of me, I can’t find my [...]