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]
^ Brown, John Newton (1844). The Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge . Brattleboro, VT: Joseph Steen and Company. p. 493. Retrieved 2020-05-25 .
^ Stedman, D.D., John (1830). Sermons on various subjects . John Upham, Bath, and J. Hatchard and Son. pp. 120 . Retrieved 2020-05-25 .
^ 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 .
^ Stedman, John (1830). Sermons on various subjects . p. 120 . Retrieved March 10, 2013 .
^ "Shouting Methodists" . Jesus Fellowship. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2017 .
^ Black, Vicki K. (1 January 2011). Welcome to Anglican Spiritual Traditions . Church Publishing, Inc. p. 82. ISBN 9780819227225 .
^ Brown, John Newton (1844). Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge . p. 1259.