PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The Only Evangelization the World Cannot Resist “Make peace with yourself, and heaven and earth will make peace with you.” — Isaac the Syrian — There is something in the words of Isaac the Syrian that unsettles us precisely because it leaves us with nothing to hide behind. He does not speak of strategies. He does not speak of methods. He does not speak of influence, reach, or effectiveness. He speaks of a man. A man who has become prayer. — This is the scandal. Because we hav

St. Anna the Prophetess and the hidden life that becomes proclamation “And she did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God and spoke of Him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.” — Luke 2:37–38 Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, appears in the Gospel of Luke for only a few verses, yet in those verses the whole mystery of a life lived for God is revealed. She is already