Everything proceeds from Holy Scripture. You must read it continually in order to learn the secrets of spiritual struggle… We see here [in the ‘Wisdom of Solomon’] how the wise Solomon asks God in such a humble way for His wisdom. And God gave it to him in abundance. All these wise things that he writes are not his own. They are inspired by the same Spirit which inspired the words of the poetic canons written by the hymnographers of the Church. That’s why I love them so much. Read them, study them and delight in them. That’s how you will acquire divine eros.
St. Porphyrios
