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Prayer For Knowledge Of God And Love For Him

August 29, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by St. Isaac the Syrian "Make me worthy, O Lord, to know and love Thee, not with knowledge from the exercise of a scattered nous; but make me worthy of that knowledge whereby, beholding Thee, the nous glorifies Thy nature, in divine vision which robs the mind of awareness of the world. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation Tagged With: knowledge of God, Love, prayer, St. Isaac the Syrian

Evangelical Love and the Priesthood

July 24, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

St. John of Kronstadt

by St. John of Kronstadt The priest must in the first place acquire, through God’s grace, evangelical love; he needs this love every minute, every second…  But he needs this love especially during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy which is wholly the mystery of infinite, divine love for th … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Priest Tagged With: Love, priest, Priesthood, St. John of Kronstadt

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