PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Why Desire Without Surrender Leaves the Soul Seated “Do not be deceived: the demons do not fear those who only desire virtue.” — St. John Climacus The year turns, and with it comes the familiar invitation to begin again. The world calls this resolution: better habits, stronger bodies, clearer plans, measurable success. But the Church speaks a different language at the turning of time. She does not ask what you will improve, but whom you will serve. She does not ask what you w

Our Lord speaks into the human heart with a clarity that unnerves and heals at once. Do not be anxious.   Do not be afraid.   Take no thought for your life.  These are not gentle suggestions. They are the authoritative words of the One who knows the true condition of the human mind and the ravages that fear inflicts upon the soul. Christ does not command the impossible; He calls the heart back to its native freedom, to the trust that Adam once knew before he clothed himself i