PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The Music That Remains “If a man used to singing to the accompaniment of a harp finds the harp broken, and its strings undone… he puts it aside and instead of calling for its notes he delights himself with his own voice.” — St. Ambrose of Milan, Jacob and the Happy Life There is a story told of a musician who breaks a string in the midst of a performance. He does not stop. He adjusts his hand. He changes the fingering. He continues to play. And those who hear him discover tha