PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

When the world is no longer something to possess, it becomes something to behold. “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.” — Matthew 6:28 There are moments when the world seems to ask nothing of us. Sunlight falls through the branches of a tree and breaks upon the leaves. A flower opens its petals. Shadows move slowly across the ground. The wind stirs what a moment before had been perfectly still. Nothing announces itself. Nothing demands to be noticed. And yet ther