PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Why we call it watchfulness when we are really afraid to love There is a way of being “spiritual” that never breaks. It prays. It reads the Fathers. It speaks of God with a certain clarity. And it remains untouched. It encounters the suffering of others and quietly steps back. Not outwardly. It remains present. It listens. It speaks gently. But something within has already withdrawn. It calls this discernment. It calls this guarding the heart. But it is not that. It is fear.