In a world full of noise and chaos, our father Saint David the Psalmist teaches us the importance of quieting our souls:
“ For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation … For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.” (Psalm 62:1,5-6).
The Bible says that the Voice of God is a gentle whisper. (1 Kings 19:12). To hear His voice that brings forth comfort and peace, we must go within our inner room of the soul (Matthew 6:6) through silence and prayer – free of distraction and worldly cares. “Blessed is the intellect that, undistracted in its prayer, acquires an even greater longing for God.” (St. Evagrios the Solitary, On Prayer, Section 117-120).
It is a bud that blossoms into a beautiful and colorful rose in the sun ,as undistracted prayer is a light of the soul that illumines the intellect – a pure Sacrifice ascending to our Heavenly Father. “Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”(Psalm 140:2).
St. Hesychios The Priest teaches us – “ If we have not attained prayer that is free from thoughts, we have no weapon to fight with. By this prayer I mean the prayer that is ever active in the inner shrine of the soul, and that, by invoking Christ, scourges and sears our enemy.”
Let us, therefore, take our Lord’s example (John 6:15), to take time to escape the noise of the world and to spend quiet time with our Heavenly Father.
Faith Unto Ages 