PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

“Give Blood and Receive the Spirit” — The Sayings of the Desert Fathers There is a moment in the spiritual life when desire ceases to feel consoling. At first the awakening of desire can be beautiful. Prayer deepens. Silence becomes attractive. The heart longs for God. The desert seems spacious. Freedom seems near. But then something happens. The fire begins to reveal what is actually within us. Not only our longing. Our resistance. Not only our love.