St. Makarios the Egyptian: Man appears as if he were more drunk with the love of Godtranslated

Saint Macarius the Egyptian, "Paraphrase of the 50 words of Saint Macarius the Egyptian in 150 chapters"*, On love Continue from here: https://www.pemptousia.gr/2026/10/agios-makarios-o-aigyptios-energimata-tou-agiou-pnevmatos-pou-anikoun-sta-ypsila-pnevmatika-metra/

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91. It happens, as soon as one kneels in prayer, that his heart is filled with divine energy and the soul rejoices with the Lord as a bride with the bridegroom, as mentioned above.

This is what the great Isaiah says: "As the bridegroom rejoices with the bride, so will the Lord rejoice with you."

It happens again, that such a person is busy all day long, and when he has an opportunity to pray, the inner man is caught up in the infinite depth of the spiritual world.

He is then flooded with some inexpressible and immeasurable pleasure, so that the mind is overwhelmed by surprise as it is all raptured to the heights, and it causes him to forget all earthly thought during this time, because, as we said, his calculations were overwhelmed and led captive to vast and incomprehensible things.

And from prayer it happens at that time to the person that the soul leaves with the...