The Way of Watchfulness

This small book looks at the ancient practice of Watchfulness, which Jesus enjoined. It was promulgated with great wisdom by the early fathers; for them it was an essential discipline, and its cultivation a prior condition for living a genuine Christian life.

 

“Watchfulness is a spiritual method which leads, in so far as this is possible, to a sure knowledge of the inapprehensible God, and helps us to penetrate the divine and hidden mysteries.” 

 

Hesychios of Sinai, (“On Watchfulness and Holiness”).