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<li>Part four with the summarized pattern of prayer by the most holy Callistus, Patriarch of Constantinople
</ul>The books above explain the Prayer of The Hearth in a way that can be understood by everyone.
===Observations===Observations::*Repetition of a prayer is accepted and recommended in the Church and as an example we have The Lord's Prayer:*By repeating the name of the Son of God and asking for his mercy over and over, the soul together with the soul vision becomes cleaner and cleaner until the invisible world becomes visible. Continuing this exercise, people can get so clean that they can go home, to Heaven. John 3:3 together with John 3:5 may add the condition of being baptized as a precondition to visiting the Kingdom of God. Anyhow with God everything is possible so if feel in an impossible situation ask for a resolution from God.:*In 2 Corinthians 12:2 Apostle Paul speaks about knowing somebody that visited the Third Heaven from this life so this is possible and the Tradition of the Church kept alive this at least from the period of the Fathers of the Church:*Discernment should be used to distinguish between good and bad mystical experiences and prayer to God can be made for discernment:*A prayer at midnight values like 40 prayers at daytime
==Intercessory prayer==
Orthodoxy teaches that Jesus, in praying to his [[God the Father|Father]], prayed for his people, and he is the only competent intercessor for mankind before God. In his resurrected glory, he prays eternally to his Father on behalf of all. In and through Christ, Orthodox Christians become competent to intercede before God. In the name of Jesus, Christians are authorized to pray for each other and for all creation. All prayer is to God the Father, through his Son, in his [[Holy Spirit]], even if not mentioned in the words of the prayer.