PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The disciple came to Abba Arsenios in the morning while rain fell and mist lay over the ground. He said Father my mind is crowded and my heart is heavy. When I look at the icons the saints say nothing, yet their silence calls me to God. But my thoughts multiply. I speak to others about surrender and about the dismantling of the religious self, yet I see the same thing living in me. The one who teaches. The one who forms words. The one who still seeks something. There is longi

“Those who know your name will trust you: you will never forsake those who seek you.” Psalm 9 The Name of Jesus is not decoration. It is not atmosphere. It is not spiritual mood. It is a blade. When everything else fails you your discipline your clarity your sense of being good your feeling of being held the Name remains. You discover very quickly what you truly trust. When anxiety rises when shame burns when loneliness howls when the mind will not be still say the Name. Not