CONSCIENCE AND OBEDIENCE Source: “Counsels from the Holy Mountain, ” selected from the Letters and Homilies of Elder Ephraim, St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery, Florence, AZ (1999), pp. 130-136.

When a person remains completely obedient to his conscience and implements whatever it tells him, he is not reproved by it anymore— not that its voice has weakened, but rather because of his good obedience, his conscience has nothing to reprove. The Apostle John says that when a man’s conscience does not condemn him, he…

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THE UNION OF HEART AND NOUS Source: From the translated book “My Elder: Joseph the Hsrtc -_T and Cave-dweller, ” pp. 558-562, St. Anthony’s Greek Monastery, Florence, AZ.

One year before the repose of Elder Joseph, while I was saying the prayer in sync with my breathing during vigil, something amazing happened. A state of prayer came to me that I cannot find words to describe. Suddenly, my nous entered my heart, and my nous, my heart, and the prayer became one! I…

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