PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

A Colloquy When the Soul Learns to Rest in the Hands of God Soul In this mercy God help me by your grace. I am tired of standing on my own feet. I am tired of holding myself upright in your presence as if I knew where I was going. Carry me where you desire me to be. Let me be as a child in its mother’s arms without explanation or defense. Let me be as the infant lifted by the priest and borne to the altar. I do not know the way but I know the hands that lift me. I offer you m

A Colloquy on Remaining in Mercy When Strength Fails Soul God, what does it mean to remain standing in Your mercy. How do I know that I am loving You or that I am being loved. Not forgotten. Remembered. This feels like uncharted territory, not in thought but in living. I call Your Name in the Silence and nothing answers the way it once did. You say Remain. Yet I feel like a man dying. Strength draining. My eyes are closed. I am breathing, but shallowly. I feel my heart beatin