Category: Desert Spirituality

• A Prayer for the Journey

  January 29, 2009

  MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing… Read more
• Feast of St. Antony

  January 17, 2009

  Abba Antony said: “I saw the snares of the enemy spread out over the world  and I sighed wondering who could ever escape such snares. Then I heard a voice, saying to me:  ‘Humility.’” Today is the Feast of St. Antony. He has become known as the father and founder of desert monasticism. His journey… Read more
• With Every Breath

  January 12, 2009

  If you really wish to achieve spiritual stillness and to guard your heart successfully, then let the prayer “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me” become one with your breathing, and in a few days you will see how it can all be acheived.                                                                – Hesychios Read more