Epiklesis

The Sanctifier and bright Lord who is glorious in operation, the dispositioner, the effector of all trans-substantiations, who sets the traverse wall according to the measure of the angel with the reed, who knows best how to gather his epiklesis from that open plain, who transmutes their cheerless blasphemy into a lover's word, who spoke by Balaam and by Balaam's ass, who spoke also by Sgt. Bullcock.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

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The Creator's compassion cannot be conquered by the wickedness of creatures. (St Isaac of Nineveh)
Thursday, July 6, 2023

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To be an Orthodox Christian in a modern setting easily breeds a negative view of the surrounding culture. Modernity is antithetical to tra...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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The Church is not an abstract system, but life in its fullest. Christ is not imaginary, but the God-man who has a resurrected body, that shi...
Monday, April 10, 2023

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 When He appears you shall say to yourself, 'My beloved speaks and says, "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away"' (So...
Thursday, April 6, 2023

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... you can’t create lasting institutions without conventions, without traditions, and without uncodifiable instincts into how to make sens...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

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The greatest offering we can present to the Lord is our self. We cannot do this without giving up our own will. We learn to do this throug...
Monday, August 1, 2022

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The Transfiguration [The Transfiguration] is perhaps the most accurate memory the church has of Christ, having passed through his death an...
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All I have ever wanted is the quiet of a private life. But my mother is determined to see me distinguished. Orator. Politician. Even a barrister would do, if I drove a barouche. What do you wish for? I prefer the church, but that is not smart enough for my mother. She prefers the army, but that is too smart for me. - Would you stay in London? - I hate London. Country living is my ideal. A small parish where I might do some good. Keep chickens ... Give very short sermons. - Edward Ferrars in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility (1995)
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