PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The heart was not made merely to survive, but to become spacious enough for the Spirit of God. “As much as the soul goes forward and progresses, so much does it thirst for God.” — St. Isaac the Syrian There is a dangerous temptation in the spiritual life: To desire relief more than God. We ask for peace. We ask for clarity. We ask for healing. We ask for answers. We ask for some inward quieting of the storm. Yet the saints often desired something deeper and far more terrible.