The sword of the Spirit guards the Word of God that unveils the Name, communicating saving wisdom, worthy of trust: ”I AM’ is our God, ‘I AM’ is one” (Deut 6:4). The Holy SHEMA hears and bears witness to the SHEM or Name of glory the Word reveals. The Name is one and saints are one in the Name’s unveiling of the reign… Read more »
In wisdom’s unveiling, a hermit’s prayer unveils the uncreated light of the countenance of God, revealing the glory of graced wholeness. The hermit does not just pray the Psalms, she enters the heart of the Psalms in the One, true Spirit that inspired them. “Turn us again, O Lord, God of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance and we… Read more »
The spiritual legacy of Saint Sophrony the Hesychast has great potential and generous capacity because it is founded on the grace of the Holy Name, together with its Gospel of revelatory Glory. The ‘I AM’ theophanies of the Name in the Gospel of John and the Apocalypse were decisive for Saint Sophrony, inspiring his vision of Holy Orthodoxy in ways… Read more »