Joy loves grace in the hearts of martyrs who suffer in Christ’s Holy Name and who witness to the knowledge of the Most High, sealed with mystery since before the foundation of the world. Red martyrdom sheds blood that flows into the redemptive blood of Christ, whilst white martyrdom rejoins the uncreated light of Christ, both of them aware that uncreated life is… Read more »
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father to abide in the Son, restoring glory to the Father through the Son when falls from glory confuse and divide God’s ineffable co-inherence of unselfish love. The heresy of ‘innocent Russianness’ divides and confuses Holy Orthodoxy, replacing God’s reign of love with Eurasian imperialism, usurping God by reducing co-inherence to divisive nationalism. The ghost of… Read more »
Christ assured Mother Julian that love was his meaning, that love was the meaning of his Name, not war. Christ’s sixteen showings to Mother Julian were a ‘Revelation of Love,’ not proof that imperial Rome had won the war by crucifixion. Christ’s fire of love, unveiled to Richard Rolle of Hampole, was a ‘melody of love and a mending of… Read more »
The vanity of vainglory cannot corrupt the innocent purity of God’s realm of glory, which is not of this world. The blatant heresy of Russian innocence is a product of satanic lies, fake news and media manipulations of perception, nationalistic ideology dismantling Holy Orthodoxy in the interests of Russian dictatorship or Eurasian imperialism. Satanic deception serves many antichrists, dividing Orthodox communities by confusion in… Read more »
Christians are residents of the realm of glory in heaven, not of this world’s ruling empires, whether it be Babylon or Rome, Consantinople or Moscow, for Holy Orthodoxy is not a worldly power but a heavenly realm wedded to an earthly heaven. On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13th, there was an authoritative Orthodox Declaration condemning fundamentalist Russian phyletism or tribalism, the… Read more »
Wisdom rests in peace in the glory of God, abiding at centre where God centres in God, through God. The heavens of the heart wed the earth in the heart, opening death to resurrecting life. Christ rests in peace in the Father’s presence, embraced by the Spirit, who proceeds from the Father to abide in the Son. Peace is therefore… Read more »
There is no confusion for simple wisdom, no division for wholesome glorification. Wisdom is simple in the midst of purified awareness, indivisible at the heart of enlightening presence. Obscuration dissolves when awareness turns, because obstructions are extinguished by the surrounding flame of the paradise Name. Wherever awareness turns, wisdom sees a heavenly earth wedded to an earthly heaven. Heaven regenerates… Read more »
The wisdom function of Elijah, according to the Prophet Malachi, is to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers, welcoming the coming day of the revelatory Name (Mal 3:22-24). Elijah’s ultimate concern is the renewal of sacred tradition, awakening hearts to the Name. The prophet’s own name reveals God… Read more »
The two-edged sword of prophecy cuts both ways, through hardened institution and through dissipating dislocation, healing destitution. Dislocation shatters union whilst institution reifies it, causing sclerotic fixation, quenching the consuming fire of grace. Glory is the flame of the saving Name, inspiring prophecy, regenerating prayer, curing destitution. The sword of prophecy has a two-edged blade that severs old delusion and cuts… Read more »
The dancing presence of wisdom fills the heavens with uncreated glory, singing wisdom songs that glorify God, through God, in God. Holy Trinity is not rigid, reified dogmatism but revelation of dancing presence, unveiling the round dance of God’s three persons among angels and saints in heaven, resounding on earth as the holy dance of heaven. Holy Orthodoxy inspired persons… Read more »