PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Reflection on Psalm 130 (Grail Translation) Out of the depths I cry to You O Lord. This has become the atmosphere in which my soul lives. Not in the clarity of certainty but in the shadowed place where my heart feels torn by realities I cannot easily name. I carry loves and loyalties in one hand and a longing that I barely know how to speak in the other. None of these things are simple and the strain settles deep within my chest. My inner state is often fraught with distracti