The answer
St. John of Dalyatha312 says, “Blessed is the one who forgets about worldly converse to speak with You, for all his needs are filled by You. You are his food and drink; You are his joy and his exultation. You are his garment, in your glory his nakedness is clothed (cf. 2 Cor. 5:3). You are his dwelling and his resting place, and he always goes within You to be protected. You are his sun and his day, and in your light he sees hidden mysteries. You are the father who generated him, and like a child he calls You: Father! (Rom. 8:15). You placed the Spirit of your Son in his heart (cf. Rom. 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:22).”313
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty
Notes
312 Also known as St. John Saba or simply, The Spiritual Elder.
313 St. John of Dalyatha, The Letters of John of Dalyatha, trans., Mary T. Hansbury (Gorgias Press, 2006) 51.3–4: p. 246.