Wisdom renews all that there is, dissolving thoughts of past and future, restoring everything to timeless glory. Cutting through time, wisdom reveals timeless presence of timeless glory, uniting heaven and earth in renewing glorification. Grace makes known God’s zeal for glorification, liberating ecstatic praise, releasing ineffable wisdom fulfilling all in all. Wisdom consumes confusion, dissolving division, renewing creation anew is… Read more »
When temptations arise, holy serenity observes their endless chatter without retaliation, knowing Christ endured the condemnations of officialdom with silence, choosing to abide in the holy realm of the Name, beyond this world. Accused by heresy hunters, Hesychasts abide in stillness, rejoicing in uncreated glory, deaf to subtle taunts and insinuations, brushing the dust of wordy contentions from uncreated light,… Read more »
Holy Anna the Prophetess gave thanks when she saw the child Jesus in the temple, transforming her turning to God into hallowing vision of God (Luke 2:34-36). Anna was holy because hallowing vision of God made her holy, enabling her to see who Jesus was and give thanks for the reign of his glorious Name. Daughter of Phanuel, Anna lived in… Read more »
Samuel the Prophet was told by Eli to say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening,’ when God called him in the night (1 Sam 3:1-4). Hearing God, Samuel turns and sees, glorifying God in his Name. Hearkening to God, prophets speak in God’s Name, inspiring redemptive prophecy and remedial prayer for generations to come. Prophets turn and see, giving… Read more »
Saturday August 12th Zoom Retreat on the Holy Transfiguration, August 6th and the Holy Dormition Aug 15th, uncovering the reciprocal co-inherence of the glorification of Christ and the glorification of the Virgin Mother of God. Holy Transfiguration mirrors Holy Dormition, revealing deification in Christ by grace and deification of the Virgin Mother of Christ as inverse reflections of each other…. Read more »
Divine-human co-inherence embraces us by releasing divisive thinking that confuses us with its condemnations, opening us to Christ in his Name. The mysteries of glory are mysteries of co-inherence which cut through confusion and leap over division, granting grace that completes our incompleteness. Mysteries of glorification are mysteries of gracious completeness, opening us to union with God in wisdom, transfiguring us… Read more »
The Holy Spirit is the timeless witness who prays without ceasing, overcoming confusion and division with ineffable freedom. Christ is the Word of God who, with the Holy Spirit, timelessly bears witness to the Father, revealing God’s reign of glory in Holy Trinity. The Spirit sees God in all and all in God, bearing witness to God’s reign of glory… Read more »
Pierced praise loves the Name of Praise, Hallelu Yah, one of the oldest formulas of glorification, praising the Name of Jacob, Yah, which was pronounced, unlike the Name of Israel, YHWH, having a feminine ending, which was not. The pierced heart is illumined by the Name from within, enlightened by God indwelling in the midst, revealing timeless realms of glory nearer than… Read more »
The gift of tears matures into enlightened compunction, by way of turned contrition, puncturing the heart with uncreated energy, enlightening the mind in the heart, deifying the created in uncreated glory. The wound of love, vulnus amoris, punctures the heart pierced by the grace of the Name, uniting created with uncreated energies with deifying glorification, crowning the eye of wisdom whose… Read more »
Wisdom interprets the glory of the Name, communicating the beauty of holiness to saints, kindling the fire of love which extinguishes division by curing confusion. Christ is the Word of Wisdom revealing God, restoring harmony through vision of God, sustaining harmony through love of God, transmitting harmony through glorification of God. Established in harmony, wisdom practices harmony through glorification of… Read more »