Prayer of Quiet

Serenity prayer is called an early Christian form of meditation, which goes back to John Cassian ( 360-435 ). The Serenity Prayer is characterized in that the worshiper does not include anything conscious thinking and always remembers back by repeating a simple prayer formula and can pull rambling thoughts. From the desert fathers the simple prayer formula: " Come, Lord, and help me!" Survived.

Formation

Cassian has learned this form of prayer, especially in the desert fathers in the Egyptian desert. Then he has his knowledge in the so-called " teachings " verschriftlicht. The works of Cassian among the most important early Christian works of theology. Many theologians were influenced by it, including Ignatius of Loyola and Thomas a Kempis.

In substance, the serenity prayer is that form of prayer from the prayer of the heart is developed later. As a general preform of the heart prayer the serenity prayer can be assigned to the Hesychasm, although this term has been coined long after the Serenity Prayer.

After the early Christian forms of meditation are often forgotten, many people have turned to searching for mysticism and meditation Asian religions. In the present, have in particular theologians and writers such as Werner Küstenmacher or Peter Dyckhoff attention to the serenity prayer as a form of prayer.