PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On Remaining Under the Hand of God “May it be done to me according to your word.” We speak easily of surrender. At the beginning it feels like something we do. We choose it. We offer it. There is even a quiet strength in saying yes to God. But if the word is true, it does not remain in our control. Surrender deepens. It moves beyond the will into the place where things are taken rather than offered. The supports of the inner life begin to loosen. The sense of who we are begin

The Terror and Glory of Surrender “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” The angel speaks. Heaven bends low. Eternity stands at the threshold of a young woman’s heart and waits. God does not force entry. He announces. He invites. He waits. All creation holds its breath in Nazareth. Not because God is weak, but because love does not violate. The One who spoke light into being now asks for a word in return. Mary is troubled. She do