A certain brother ecstatic after receiving the right answer to his problem asked him how do you receive the message with such precision? “This is not for everyone. It is difficult to discern if the answer is from God. However with the fiery flame of prayer the monk can stand like Moses and discourse with his Creator. So you should all try as much as you can to acquire this flame of prayer.” Another brother mentioned when I pray about a certain issue I asked the Lord and receive a message inside me. “Do you still have passions?” “Yes, Elder I do.” “When the passions still reign in us the seed is mixed. Where you think you have planted seed suddenly tares sprout. I suggest you entreat the Lord but you are not yet ready for receiving messages.”
Elder Haralambos
~Abbot Haralambos Dionysiatis