Bed med ikonet
To Pray with the Icon © Jacek Wróbel SJ “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). With these words we are encouraged by St. Paul to search for contact with God continuously so as eyes of the heart look at the Source of Life. However, isn’t the term “eyes of the heart” too abstract for our experiences and as a result we do not know how to pray? So maybe before we conquer our internal eyes we should focus our physical eyes on the face of Christ present in the icon. From the beginnings of Christianity the icon has been accompanying believers both as the testimony of redemption...