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Ejaculatory prayer

Ejaculatory prayer

Very short prayer

In Christian piety, an ejaculation, sometimes known as ejaculatory prayer or aspiration, is "a short prayer, in which the mind is directed to God, on any emergency."[1] “A sigh, a devout aspiration, a holy ejaculation, will oftener pierce the sky, and reach the ear of Omnipotence, than a long set exercise of prayer...”.[2]

Within Roman Catholicism, some common ejaculations include the Jesus Prayer, the Fatima Prayer of the Holy Rosary, Come Holy Spirit, and Eternal Rest.[3][4] In Methodism, some common ejaculations include "Praise the Lord!", "Hallelujah!", and "Amen!".[5] The Puritan theologian William Perkins urged his pupils to "pray continually" through "secret and inward ejaculations of the heart".[6] The Lutheran rite for corporate Confession and Absolution includes the pastor offering ejaculatory prayers after penitents recite the Confiteor.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Brown, John Newton (1844). The Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Brattleboro, VT: Joseph Steen and Company. p. 493. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. [2]
    Stedman, D.D., John (1830). Sermons on various subjects. John Upham, Bath, and J. Hatchard and Son. pp. 120. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. [3]
    Glavich, Mary Kathleen (2010-01-01). For Catechetical Leaders: Teaching Catechists to Pray: A Companion to the Catholic Way to Pray. Twenty-Third Publications. p. 275. ISBN 9781585957781. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  4. [4]
    Stedman, John (1830). Sermons on various subjects. p. 120. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Shouting Methodists". Jesus Fellowship. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  6. [6]
    Black, Vicki K. (1 January 2011). Welcome to Anglican Spiritual Traditions. Church Publishing, Inc. p. 82. ISBN 9780819227225.
  7. [7]
    Brown, John Newton (1844). Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge. p. 1259.


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