Feast Day: March 28th
The Life of Saint Hesychius: He expounded and interpreted all the Holy Scriptures with great clarity, for the benefit of all, and was thus renowned and admired by all…
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A Prayer
Saint Hesychius Pray to God for us.
“Watchfulness over thoughts prevents demonic entry.”
“The sun rising over the earth creates the daylight; and the Venerable and Holy Name of the Lord Jesus, shining continually in the mind, gives birth to countless intellections radiant as the sun.”
“The man who perseveres in purity of heart will have Christ Himself as teacher, the legislator of all purity, Who will teach His Will to him in secret. Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, says David on this subject. With regard to interior dialogs which the mind carries on with itself described as mental combat, and regarding God’s help and defence in all of this, it is written that… Truly, He is a God who judges evil demons in the earth of our heart. Let us then conduct ourselves, exercising our hearts in wisdom, continuously breathing Jesus Christ, the power and Wisdom of God the Father.”
“When in fear, trembling and unworthiness we are yet permitted to receive the Divine, Undefiled Mysteries of Christ, Our King and Lord, we should then display even greater watchfulness, strictness and guard over our hearts, so that the Divine Fire, the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ, may consume our sins and stains, great and small. For when that Fire enters into us, it at once drives the evil spirits from our heart and remits the sins we have previously committed, leaving the intellect free from the turbulence of wicked thoughts. And if after this, standing at the entrance to our heart, we keep strict watch over the intellect, when we are again permitted to receive those Mysteries the Divine Body will illumine our intellect still more and make it shine like a star.”
“Just as snow will not produce a name, or water a fire, or a thorn bush a fig, so a person’s will not be freed from demonic thoughts, words, and actions until it has purified itself inwardly, uniting watchfulness with the Jesus prayer, attaining humility and stillness of Soul, and eagerly pressing forward on its path. But in its lack of spiritual understanding, the inattentive soul will be devoid of every good and perfect thought and barren and stupid as the mule. The Soul’s true peace lies in the gentle Name of Jesus and in it’s emptying itself of impassioned thoughts.”
