Confusion and division corrupt perception but wisdom stands steadfast in the midst, calling to her children to come out from corruption into undying light, saying: ‘Turn and see God here at centre, healing the corruption of the usurper. Listen to the Word that names the Name and awaken in the Spirit who hallows by unveiling glory, curing the corruption of confusion… Read more »
Wisdom Song is the music of angels in heaven so it is no surprise that it sustains the angelic life of saints on earth. Wisdom ascribes glory to God so as to empty vain glory of vanity everywhere. Wisdom song sings of the glory of Great Peace, in peace praying for peace that glory may lead from glory to greater… Read more »
Our human lives are sealed by the signature of God, written ineffably in our hearts, saying: ‘I AM’ is God’s Name, revealing God, through God, in God. In Ode 23 of the Odes of Solomon, the Odist sings of the revelatory Name as God’s dispatch, his sealed letter, shot like an arrow from his bow to unveil the insignia of the… Read more »
Healthy Orthodox Christianity bears witness to Christ as wisdom, renewing tradition through prophecy and assimilating wisdom through prayer. When wisdom is neglected, it becomes impossible to tell the difference between wholesome orthodoxy and heresy. Gnosticism fell into heresy when the Church’s healthy gnosis was lost and divisive confusion broke her wholesome union of communion, causing divisive schism. Ever since the second century,… Read more »
On Monday March 18th 2019, the Harmony Project in the University of Lampeter, inspired by the Sophia Harmony Initiative of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, published an essay on the Harmony Project Website by Father Silouan, entitled: ‘The Practice of Harmony in Orthodox Christian Wisdom,’ There is a link to this at the bottom of the Wisdom… Read more »
In chapter 45 of his Life of St David, (c 1081-1095), Rhygyfarch tells us that St David visited the Patriarch of Jerusalem with St Teilo and St Padarn. St David returned with a portable altar, a bell, a staff and a coat, gifts which according to Rhygyfarch worked great miracles. The historical veracity of this tradition has often been contested but its… Read more »
Born in the serenity of divine light in the midst of a great storm, St David was remembered for his wisdom and spiritual strength in symbols embedded in the older traditions upon which Rhygyfarch drew at the end of the eleventh century. As honey is present in wax, so the spiritual meaning is present in the literal text, says Rhygyfarch, who… Read more »
An Orthodox Christian hermitage nestles among old stone walls, abiding unnoticed within the Cathedral City of St Davids, grounded in centuries of hallowing prayer. There is nothing spectacular to see here yet heavens open on earth when wisdom turns and sees, unveiling the Name so God’s kingdom comes. Hidden in the silence of the early hours, prayer arises to meet… Read more »
True holiness does not reside in externals but in purity of heart, which is ineffable but real. It is an offering of the heart to God, a living sacrifice that fulfils renewing prophecy in the royal priesthood of prayer of the heart. The heart offers God to God through God, which is the mystery of Holy Trinity lived in the Spirit, loved… Read more »
Saint David calls on us in our time, as he in his, to be joyful, keep the faith and to remember the little things. It was his joyful, right glorifying faith that transformed the wooded valley of the Afon Alun into a heaven on earth and transfigured the starry stones of the crystal headland into an earthly heaven. Joy opens the heart… Read more »