Hierarch’s Divine Liturgy in Veljusa ( 04.12.2005 )
On the feast of the Entry into the
“Seeking in quest of what is most necessary for one praying to converse with God, in what way does prayer come, the Lady Theotokos finds the sacred stillness—‘stillness of the mind’, detachment from the world, all earthly things below forgotten and sharing the secrets above, laying aside conceptual images for ‘what is better’. She discovers that if the mind does not scatter over earthly matters, it could devote itself to a better and higher pursuit, that is—turn towards itself: the unique activity through which it could unite with God.” (St. Gregory Palamas, Homilies)
