PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

To love with the love by which Christ loves “In my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body.” — Colossians 1:24 There are sentences in Scripture before which one should become silent. This is one of them. “I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.” Nothing is lacking in the Cross. Nothing can be added to the sacrifice of Christ as though His offering were incomplete. “It is finished.” The Fathers never tire of returning us to

A Dialogue Between Abba Arsenius and a Disciple on Holiness “You shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.” — Leviticus 20:26 A brother came to Abba Arsenius and said, “Father, this word troubles me: ‘You shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy.’ I strive to avoid sin, to pray, to fast, and to be kind to others, yet holiness still seems far away.” The old man said, “Perhaps because you think holiness mea