Posts tagged contemplation

In his discourse “On Spiritual Knowledge,” St. Diadochus of Photiki writes, “We do indeed affirm that the soul, when pure, perceives God’s grace, tasting it …

Learning to walk in the spontaneity of the Holy Spirit requires a two-fold cycle of human interiority. First, we must be open to learning from …

For some time, I have been considering a thesis that I have assumed to be true, but could not quite put my finger on. I …

As we are removed from our attachments to sin, we become less self-centered in ways that go beyond simply thinking of others. Our prayer begins …

Our relationship with God is at its heart an interpersonal exchange. Although the ways we relate to our Lord in prayer are fundamentally different from …

In Eastern Monasticism, one of the key concepts is stillness. The monks of the East believed that such stillness was the goal of holiness because …