PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

“You may mock the poor man’s hope, but his refuge is the Lord.” — Psalm 13:6 (Grail translation) There is a peculiar glory hidden in the simplicity of a soul stripped of all earthly securities. The demons, unable to bear the sight of such naked trust, mock the poor man’s hope. They hiss in the silence, suggesting that his poverty of spirit is folly, that his waiting is wasted, that Providence has turned away. Yet, it is precisely in that desolate stillness that the mystery of