Question 24: What is it to pray without ceasing (1 Thess 5: 17)? For it is not possible for a person who is preoccupied with house and children, and living in the world, to pray without ceasing.
Answer: It is certainly not with reference to oral prayer
that the Apostle made that remark, just as Christ said, Not everyone who
says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of the heavens, but the
person who does the will of the one who sent me (Mt 7:21). Thus, the person
who continuously performs good deeds, either dedicated to works of kindness or
engaged in other services, in accordance with God, this is the one who prays without
ceasing. Indeed, it is possible to pray in one's heart both in bed, and
out on the road, at table, in the marketplace, and in any other place.
Source: Anastasios of Sinai: Questions and Answers, translated by Joseph A. Munitiz (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2011), p. 105.
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