PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On the warming of the heart and the humility that guards it “Acquire a gentle warmth in the heart, and the Spirit will kindle it into flame.” The heart does not burn because you command it. It burns when it is humbled. You can repeat the Name a thousand times with violence, and remain cold as stone. You can force the mind downward, press the chest, tighten the breath, and still nothing will live within you. Because God is not seized. He is received. The fathers speak of warmt