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On Mystical Union With God as Light

St. Symeon the New Theologian, a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church:

—But, Oh, what intoxication of light, Oh, what movements of fire!
Oh, what swirlings of the flame in me, miserable one that I am,
coming from You and Your glory!
The glory I know it and I say it is your Holy Spirit,
who has the same nature with You, and the same honor, O word;
He is of the same race, the same glory,
of the same essence, He alone with your Father,
and with you, O Christ, O God of the universe!
I fall down in adoration before You.
I thank You that You have made me worthy to know, however little it may be, the power of Your divinity.

May we learn to experience, revere, adore, and praise the Holy Trinity with the passion, zeal, and discipline of St. Symeon.

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Happy Feast Day of St. Anthony of Egypt (251 – 356) Anthony was born in Egypt in the middle of the third century and lost his parents at a young age, inheriting a fair amount of land and wealth. Soon after, when he heard a gospel reading in church prompting him to “go sell what you possess and give to the poor,” he did just that, vowing to dedicate his life thereafter to God. Anthony lived for a time in his native home, pursuing prayerful asceticism. After fifteen years, at the age of thirty-five, he withdrew to the solitude of the desert and began his monastic life of prayer, study, and work. After many years of living in the desert, Anthony remained whole and healthy, and he radiated compassion and joy. He lived to the age of 105 and is remembered as the father of the church’s first monastic movement.

Happy Feast Day of St. Anthony of Egypt (251 – 356)

Anthony was born in Egypt in the middle of the third century and lost his parents at a young age, inheriting a fair amount of land and wealth. Soon after, when he heard a gospel reading in church prompting him to “go sell what you possess and give to the poor,” he did just that, vowing to dedicate his life thereafter to God. Anthony lived for a time in his native home, pursuing prayerful asceticism. After fifteen years, at the age of thirty-five, he withdrew to the solitude of the desert and began his monastic life of prayer, study, and work. After many years of living in the desert, Anthony remained whole and healthy, and he radiated compassion and joy. He lived to the age of 105 and is remembered as the father of the church’s first monastic movement.

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fathershane: Feast day of one of the most amazing saints of the 20th century. The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. — Saint Maximilian Kolbe Catholicism: the birthplace of the modern, hipster beards.

fathershane:

Feast day of one of the most amazing saints of the 20th century.

The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. — Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Catholicism: the birthplace of the modern, hipster beards.

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