If he was not flesh, then why was Mary introduced at all? And if he was not God, then whom was Gabriel calling Lord? If he was not flesh, then who was lying in the manger? And if he was not God, then whom did the Angels come down and glorify?
Sirens appealed to the spirit, not the flesh, since the desire to know – to be as the gods – was the fatal desire.
Here, as a public service to pastoral candidates, are statements certain to stop a resume dead in its tracks.
I will confess Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I will chant unto Thee among the nations.
What did Christians of the earliest centuries say and do about the sabbath?
“Son of David, have mercy on us!”
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord.
A path obeys the natural contours; such obstacles as it meets it goes around.
If one thinks that becoming kind, respectful and caring will come to you with age, I say this: rare is the person who succeeds in this. One must train oneself since childhood, in one’s early years. The main thing is to remember that the goal of our life is not material well-being and external happiness, but in acquiring the grace of God and in the preparation for life eternal, and for this, first…
When the nous is whole and filled with light, it perceives God firsthand, and attention isn't fractured or occupied by images, rationalizations, and memories.
The actions and words and thoughts we permit to grow in us will shape what we become.
“As we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.” (1 Cor. 15:49)