Wisdom, clear as crystal, flows from the glory that enthrones the Name, communicating the life-blood of boundless love that flows forth as grace from the wounds of the slaughtered lamb, restoring healing glory to the Father in his Kingdom. Christ dwells in the midst of this glory, enthroned with the Father at centre, where all centres coincide. He is the wisdom… Read more »
Desert Hesychasm bears witness to the mysteries of Christ in the heart, the mystery of Baptism which it lives as purification through turning, the mystery of Chrismation which it lives as illumination through seeing, and the mystery of the Eucharist which it lives as glorification through divine-human being. It lives these mysteries by awakening to Christ, Christ who is the… Read more »
The Holy Name ‘I AM’ is the pinnacle of paths, as we see when Jesus transmits its glory with wisdom in the words, ‘Before Abraham was, I AM’ (John 8:58). Uncreated glory is what Hesychast tradition lives as glorification of the Name, imparting joyous union of wisdom and glory. But it is also endurance of persecution for God’s Name’s sake,… Read more »
Mother Julian of Norwich was shown that love was our Lord’s meaning; ‘I AM,’ love’s glory, the ground of all our beseeching (Revelation of Love ch. 86). Like Dame Julian, desert wisdom questions the enduring meaning of being, searching out the hidden ground of uncreated, deifying grace. Prophecy transmits the Name so that prayer may receive its gracious gifts, opening… Read more »
The Spirit of love delights in love’s unselfish glorification of God, which turns fear’s selfish loves into God’s unselfish love, instead of returning evil for evil or revenging wrongs with wrongs. Love trusts love to overcome what opposes love, hoping often against all hope that love will overcome. Love’s patience is gentle and kind so when it meets fear’s terror… Read more »