The Name of God unveils the Face of God, opening the eye of the heart to uncreated light, realising the holiness of God in uncreated glory. Grace forgives by freely giving forgiveness, because as God forgives, a new creation manifests. Forgiveness is the very heart of the Holy Gospel, revealing the very heart of God. Forgiveness makes all things new,… Read more »
Purity of heart is enlightened by virtue of the purity of God, for there is no conditioned way or external means to enlighten it, because it already is light knowing light through light. Self-centred effort and self-willed struggle point beyond themselves to the good news of the Gospel of grace. Glory already is uncreated light, freely given by grace. The… Read more »
The moment of truth is ever-present, timelessly initiating us into purification and illumination, timelessly deifying us in Christ’s glorification. The moment of truth is death, death overcoming death by death, baptising us into Christ’s resurrection and ascension, raising us into his glory. The mystery of Christ’s glory is revealed in his death, for it is the cross that unveils the Lord… Read more »
Wisdom hallows the Name of the Father, discerning his reign of love through the Son, awakening in the light of the Holy Spirit to the uncreated glory of love. Earthly fathers may fall short of the loving recognition that sons need from their fathers, but the heavenly Father imparts healing recognition in the Name, ensuring traumatic brokenness is cured. Wisdom sees past… Read more »
Odes of peace are odes of love in the beating heart of Christ, where wisdom abides with the Spirit in the glory of God’s Kingdom come. Law gives way to love and peace when wisdom and glory together reign. Odes of peace arise from God’s love of Christ and Christ’s love of God that completes the law, completing incompleteness in the… Read more »
Wisdom song chants the revelatory Name, unveiling God at centre in the midst. Wisdom, turning awareness round, opens to glory ever-present, infinitely nearer than near. Glory restores glory to God, purifying the heart, liberating glory from vanity. Vainglory reigns when confusion spreads division everywhere. Dull darkness dims what dazzling darkness illumines, extinguishing stillness and love. The Name whispers in the… Read more »
God reigns serenely in the realm of grace indwelling the heart, free of the constraints of worldly ideology and imperialist mythology, guaranteeing the Orthodox wholeness of the body of Christ. Kleptocratic criminality is infectious as it drags patriarchs and bishops into collusion with worldly powers, but the realm of grace remains Orthodox, being Christ’s restorative gift to saints, who offer themselves… Read more »
The wisdom of the Cross crucifies enmity, communicating boundless love, opening Christ to all, revealing Holy Trinity, sustaining Holy Orthodoxy. The Church of Christ calls all humanity into wisdom’s embrace of the grace of Christ’s divine humanity, deifying creation with uncreated light. In the Book of Revelation, the prophet-seer saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending in uncreated light of… Read more »
Love of wisdom liberates the uncreated energies of glory with freedom, hallowing the Name with every breath, inspiring every action and reaction with unrestricted freedom. Stillness permeates inspired action because in glorification, it is the Spirit who is truly active, deifying the body whose actions do not then merely react with material conditioning. Wisdom is unfettered and free of confusion, undivided by worldly… Read more »
Prayer for peace in Ukraine is the Spirit’s unceasing prayer in Christ, glorifying the Father in the hearts of all who are crucified by war in the devastated cities, towns and villages of Ukraine, but also all who died there a century ago during the Russian Civil War, including countless Orthodox defending Ukraine from the red Russian armies of atheistic communism. The Spirit’s unceasing… Read more »