What is Prayer?
Words from Matta El Meskeen Prayer is a Human Response to a Divine Call “Prayer that is spiritual and genuine is both a call and a...
A Life in Prayer
Words from Matta El Meskeen The Life of Matta El Meskeen (1919-2006) Matta, later tonsured with the name of Fr. Matthew, was a key figure...
Penetrating Prayer
Seize with Violence “If you pray only when you are inclined to, you will cease praying altogether; this is what the flesh desires. The...
Purity in Heart
Union with God “The problem of our life is union with God, and sin completely prevents this; therefore flee from sin as from a terrible...
Meditation in Prayer
Not satisfied “Thou, O God, hast opened wide to me Thy trust and Thy verity…I have studied the laws regulating the mind of man…I have...