PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The Death of the Need to Be Received “Go, and say to this people: Hear indeed, but do not understand…” — Isaiah 6:9 There is a hidden demand in the human heart that even the devout rarely recognize. It is not only the desire to speak the truth. It is the desire for that truth to be received. To be heard. To be met. To land. A man may tell himself that he speaks for God, but inwardly he watches for signs: Did they understand? Did it move them? Did it matter? And when the word