PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The Prayer That Opens the Heart “If you want to find rest, both here below and in the age to come, in every situation say, ‘Who am I?’ and do not judge anyone.” — Abba Poemen The older I become, the more I am convinced that most of our suffering comes from forgetting these two things: who we are and who God is. The Desert Fathers understood this. A brother comes to Abba Poemen asking what sounds like a profound spiritual question: “How can I become a monk?” He is asking about