PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. Job 13:15 What Remains When Everything Falls Away Lord, I feel estranged from my own life. The first half of it feels like another man lived it. I look back and see anxiety running the show. Desire unformed and frantic. A heart chasing what promised relief rather than what could bear weight. I see immaturity not as a moral failure but as a lack of grounding. I did not know how to live inside myself. I did not know how to stay. Even

A Dialogue between St. Isaac the Syrian and a Disciple The disciple came to the elder carrying an unspoken weight. He sat, then rose again, then finally remained standing as though afraid to settle. Disciple: Father, you say that the hope of this present life enfeebles the thinking. I feel this weakness in myself, yet I cannot name it clearly. I am not seeking pleasure or ease, and still my heart feels divided and tired. How does this hope weaken the mind? St. Isaac: Sit, chi