Tell us about the best prayer program. How should it be? How should we organise our time?

Oh, yes, this is the best program: Pray incessantly!

But what about the time when we must study for school? How should we pray then?

When you have a job, either you are a doctor or a student, teacher, do your duty as a Christian and thus you fulfil the word of God! And when you finish your work there, you can say your prayers in peace.

We know that it is advisable to read the Psaltery, but there are some fragments that we cannot understand. Should we read them as well, even if we do not understand?

Yes! You don’t have to understand on the spot. You will understand with time. It is advisable to read even if you don’t understand the Psaltery! Because there may be fragments that talk about the unseen enemy, the devil, and you may interpret. And there will come a day when God himself, or through another person, will reveal the true meaning. Because there is nothing that remained unclear from the Bible.

(Translation from: Ne vorbește părintele Arsenie, volumul II, text îngrijit de Arhimandrit Ioanichie Bălan, ediția a II-a, Editura Mânăstirea Sihăstria, 2010)