PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

An elder and a disciple in the hour when words fail “Keep thy mind in hell, and despair not.” The disciple came to the elder before dawn. He had not slept. For many months he had carried questions with him into prayer, believing that if he remained patient enough an answer would eventually come. But the questions had not been answered. They had simply grown tired. Now even the words with which he had once spoken to God seemed exhausted. He sat before the elder. For a long tim