Meditation

“Now is such a time, when we know many prayers, but pray little. We eat fasting food but don’t fast. We collect knowledge about spiritual life but don’t experience it. We confess our sins we don’t repent. We go to church we sit through the sermons but our soul doesn’t find peace in front of the creator. All this comes from our closed hearts. The heart must be open for Christ to come in.”

Saint Paisii Svetogoretz

How many times have we stood in prayer unable to experience the peace of Christ ? We should ask ourselves in those moments, what is the state of my heart ? Is it open ? Is it welcoming or is it still captured by worldly feelings ?

How many times have we been to church but instead of embracing the comforting feeling offered by God, our mind turned elsewhere towards worries and temptations ?