HH, Patriarch Sir Godfrey
Dear Seekers,
I want to speak today about holy hunger—that deep, insatiable longing for more of the Divine that drives true spiritual pursuit. This hunger is different from casual curiosity or intellectual interest. It is a burning, consuming desire that refuses to be satisfied with superficial spirituality or second-hand experiences.
Some of you have lost this hunger. You once pursued the Divine with passionate intensity, but over time, familiarity bred complacency. Your spiritual practices became routine rather than romance. You still go through the motions, but the fire has diminished to smouldering embers. You need a rekindling of holy hunger.
Others among you are burning with hunger but feel guilty about it, as if wanting more is somehow ungrateful for what you have already received. Let me free you from this false guilt: the Divine delights in hungry hearts. Your hunger is not offensive to heaven—it is attractive. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness will be filled. Your hunger guarantees your satisfaction, not immediately but inevitably.
Holy hunger manifests in several ways. It drives you to your knees in prayer when others are seeking entertainment. It compels you to study and meditate when you could be sleeping. It makes you dissatisfied with shallow conversations and hungry for deep communion. It causes you to evaluate every area of your life, asking, “Is this drawing me closer to the Divine or distracting me from what matters most?”
This hunger can be uncomfortable, even painful. You may feel restless, unable to settle, constantly aware that there is more you have not yet attained. Do not interpret this restlessness as a problem to be fixed. It is the engine of your spiritual progress. Those who are satisfied too easily plateau too early. But those who maintain holy hunger continue ascending from glory to glory.
I encourage you to cultivate this hunger intentionally. Fast regularly to sharpen your spiritual appetite. Remove things from your life that dull your sensitivity to divine presence. Surround yourself with others who are hungry—hunger is contagious. Read the writings of mystics and saints who burned with divine passion. Their fire can ignite yours.
Most importantly, believe that your hunger will be satisfied. You will find what you seek. You will experience what you long for. Every genuine spiritual hunger is a divine invitation to come deeper, reach higher, press further. The Divine has placed that hunger in you and will not leave it unfulfilled.
Stay hungry, beloved ones.
The Patriarch
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