PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Hidden Asceticism in an Age of Noise Disciple:  Abba, my heart is troubled. I hear so much about changing the world, about doing something visible for God. Yet when I look at Christ, I see Him hidden. Silent. Unnoticed. Why did God save the world this way? St. Arsenius:  Because the world was not healed by being impressed. It was healed by being entered. Disciple:  Entered where, Abba? St. Arsenius:  Where there was no room. Where nothing shone. Where no one was watching. He