This volume gathers 366 brief yet profound sayings from Saint Sofian of Antim Monastery, newly canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church. Steeped in the Philokalic tradition, these daily readings shine with the quiet light of a life wholly given to Christ—a life marked by humility, repentance, unceasing prayer, and hidden holiness. Saint Sofian, the "Urban Hesychast", bore the stillness of the desert into the heart of Bucharest. In the midst of the city’s restlessness and noise, he taught that the Prayer of the Heart—“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner”—could be prayed anywhere, anytime, as a sure path to union with God. “In modern life—with its hurry, with its speed, with our restlessness,” he said, “we can nourish ourselves with this prayer in a truly blessed way.” His words call us to guard the heart, to unite mind and heart in prayer, and to let this unceasing invocation become the breath of the soul, transforming even the most fragmented life into one of peace and unity. Whether opened at the dawn of the day or in the quiet of the night, this book is a faithful companion for the journey toward the Kingdom—guiding the reader, one day at a time, into the stillness where God is found, even in the middle of the world’s noise.
Softcover - 422 Pages
