Glory to Jesus Christ! It is a blessed time to gather for Matins and celebrate this wonderful feast of the … More
Tag: Mysticism
A Reflection on the Dormition of the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
Glory to Jesus Christ! It is good to be here to celebrate this most special feast. This feast of the … More
The Theology of the Body Broken in Practice: The Great Schism (part 1 of 2)
In addition to ending his Papal addresses on the Theology of the Body with what I would consider a request … More
Notes From a Retreat IIIB-He is Everywhere Present
What is ecstasy, if it is not an experience? Ecstasy is to stand outside of every experience, while at the … More
Notes From a Retreat IIIA-let there “be” light?
In the thinking of Parmenides (and modern philosophers such as Berkeley), to be is the same thing as to be … More
Notes From a Retreat-IIB
{More notes taken from my retreat dedicated to Dionysius the Areopagite and his theme of Luminous Darkness, as given in … More
Notes From a Retreat-IIA
{More notes taken from my retreat dedicated to Dionysius the Areopagite and his theme of Luminous Darkness, as given in … More
Notes From a Retreat-IB
How are we initiated into mystery? The initiation is being born. This is not an initiation that is visionary, gnostic, … More
Notes From a Retreat-I
Luminous Darkness Hierarchy is about sharing, manifesting the communion of the saints. Neoplatonist intro-Neoplatonism is more Platonic than some modification … More
