Restoring Spiritual Fervour
If after receiving it you see that the divine fervour withdraws and leaves you, seek it again and it will return. For godly fervor is like fire which changes the cold into its own power. And if you see your heart weighed down temporarily, bring your soul before you and question it until it becomes fervent again and is set on fire in God. For the prophet David, too, on seeing his heart weighed down, said, “I have poured out my heart by myself (Ps 42:4), I have remembered the days of old, and meditated on all your works, I lifted up my hands unto you; my soul thirsts after you as does a thirsty land” (Ps 143:5-6). And so he made his heart fervent again; and he received the sweetness of the Holy Spirit.
_St. Ammonas, disciple of St. Antony the Great. Letter II according to the Greek version.
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If after receiving it you see that the divine fervour withdraws and leaves you, seek it again and it will return. For godly fervor is like fire which changes the cold into its own power. And if you see your heart weighed down temporarily, bring your soul before you and question it until it becomes fervent again and is set on fire in God. For the prophet David, too, on seeing his heart weighed down, said, “I have poured out my heart by myself (Ps 42:4), I have remembered the days of old, and meditated on all your works, I lifted up my hands unto you; my soul thirsts after you as does a thirsty land” (Ps 143:5-6). And so he made his heart fervent again; and he received the sweetness of the Holy Spirit.
_St. Ammonas, disciple of St. Antony the Great. Letter II according to the Greek version.
#SpiritualFervor #Prayer #DesertFathers #Renewal #HolySpirit
🔥 Restoring Spiritual Fervour 🔥
If after receiving it you see that the divine fervour withdraws and leaves you, seek it again and it will return. For godly fervor is like fire which changes the cold into its own power. And if you see your heart weighed down temporarily, bring your soul before you and question it until it becomes fervent again and is set on fire in God. For the prophet David, too, on seeing his heart weighed down, said, “I have poured out my heart by myself (Ps 42:4), I have remembered the days of old, and meditated on all your works, I lifted up my hands unto you; my soul thirsts after you as does a thirsty land” (Ps 143:5-6). And so he made his heart fervent again; and he received the sweetness of the Holy Spirit.
_St. Ammonas, disciple of St. Antony the Great. Letter II according to the Greek version.
#SpiritualFervor #Prayer #DesertFathers #Renewal #HolySpirit
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