The Holy Spirit, Ruach ha-Qodesh, remembers holy saints so that they are always lovingly remembered, overcoming every confusion that divorces wisdom from glory, healing every division that separates glory from wisdom, curing subtle deviations of heart and mind. Holy wisdom communicates uncreated energies of ineffable power that deify saints by glorifying them as they offer their glorification of God, bestowing… Read more »
Recognition empowers remembrance of God to know as it is known, wedding God in the heart through holy union and sanctifying communion. Cognition without recognition remains unconscious of union, separate from the communion of saints, fixating frozen hardness of heart. Cognition with recognition remembers God, unites with God, partakes in God’s hallowing communion through Christ in the Spirit, hallowing the conjugal Name…. Read more »
Name-hallowing glorification of God reveals God in act in his deifying energies as wisdom, discerning God in act in his ever-present energies of glory, regenerating Holy Orthodoxy when it is tempted and brought low by confusion and division. Name-hallowing wisdom is holy theophany manifesting hallowing glory, communicating sound glorification, regenerating institutional Orthodox forms in ways that transfigure them as wisdom. The Lord’s… Read more »
Holy Theophany celebrates the baptism of Jesus as revelation of Holy Trinity, because as Christ was coming up out of the waters of the Jordan, John the Baptist saw the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, hearing the voice of God the Father saying: Thou art my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased (Mk 1:10-11;… Read more »
Wisdom crowns seers who turn and see uncreated presence, which prophecy calls glory, the throne of grace, revealing the Father of wisdom generating the Word in whom the Spirit eternally abides. The way of remembrance perfects sudden recognition so that wisdom unfolds as remembrance of God, revealing God’s own God-centred remembrance of God, which is revelation of Holy Trinity. God… Read more »
Love is the language of angels, uniting heavenly realms with earthly worlds, singing the ineffable language of wisdom. When wisdom sings, prophecy breaks free from the conventional mind that lives from fear and imposes control, cutting through obstructive barriers, soaring over stubborn resistance. Wisdom is prophetic as it prays without ceasing in the Holy Spirit, communicating union with the Father in Christ,… Read more »
The three gifts of the Magi, gold for crowning, frankincense for praying and myrrh for anointing, honour Christ the King, the Priest and the Prophet, pointing to three temple mysteries, spiritual crowning, glorifying sacrificial prayer and hallowing death, holy martyrdom (Mt 2:1-15). When we discover the golden crown, we uncover hallowing wisdom. When we offer incense, we offer the sacrifice… Read more »
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father to abide in the Son, restoring glory to the Father through the Son, revealing Holy Trinity from the inside for all, in all. Proceeding and abiding are unceasing as the Spirit breathes life into each and all, inspiring whole-hearted trust. The Spirit of Truth sustains abiding way beyond the grasp of relative knowledge,… Read more »
Single-minded practice of the remembrance of God cures oblivious neglect and dissipating distraction by centering in the presence of God, which is the practice of glorification. The Holy Spirit breathes hallowing holiness into the midst of the heart, restoring glory to God. Wisdom is uncreated energy inhaling and exhaling holiness, glorifying God. Awareness and breath spontaneously conjoin as awareness turns and… Read more »
Prophecy and prayer conjoin when wisdom dawns, uniting heaven and earth. Uncreated energy of wisdom refines awareness so that the body of glory is revealed in uncreated light. The uncreated fire of the Holy Spirit purifies the heart, revealing the embryonic pearl of priceless stillness, which is the quintessential inspiration of Orthodox Christian Hesychasm. When prophecy is quenched, prayer is… Read more »