John Cassian brought the teaching of the Egyptian monks to the West: the twelve books of the Institutes on the monk's life and the eight principal faults, the twenty-four Conferences with the Abbots of Egypt, and his seven books On the Incarnation against Nestorius. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.
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Contents
The Conferences, Conference 9
1Introducing Abbot Isaac’s Conference on Prayer2Abbot Isaac on the Nature of Prayer3How Pure and Sincere Prayer Is Gained4The Soul Is Light as a Feather5What Weighs the Soul Down6The Demon at the Hammer7Why Good Thoughts Slip Away8Prayer Takes Many Forms9Four Kinds of Prayer10The Order of the Four Kinds11Supplications12Prayers and Vows13Intercessions14Thanksgivings15All Four Kinds, or One at a Time?16The Kinds of Prayer to Aim At17The Lord Showed All Four Kinds18Our Father19Your Kingdom Come20Your Will Be Done21Our Daily Bread22Forgive Us Our Debts23Lead Us Not into Temptation24Ask Only for What the Lord’s Prayer Asks25Prayer Beyond Words26What Pierces the Heart27The Different Ways the Heart Is Pierced28Tears We Cannot Call Up at Will29Different Kinds of Tears30Tears Must Not Be Forced31What Abbot Antony Said About Prayer32How We Know a Prayer Is Heard33Is This Confidence Only for the Saints?34The Many Ways Prayer Is Heard35Praying in the Inner Room with the Door Shut36Short and Silent Prayer