Beloved in Christ,

From Protopresbyter Stephanos Anagnostopoulos shares the words of Hieromonk Gregory , Churdch Attendance, Mount Athos

 

"Abba Isaac of Syria says that the Divine Liturgy is the Kingdom of God. In addition, love is the nourishment during the Kingdom's Festal Supper. "God's love is Paradise...In Fact, when we find love, we are fed with heavenly Bread...The one who finds love nourishes Christ every day and becomes immortal...Blessed is the one who eats from the Bread of love, Jesus Christ... "In order to cause a spiritual alert so that we are able to maintain and cultivate the virtues, with which we draw near Holy Communion, even more he says that "...Repentance is the vessel. The vessel's Captain is the fear of God, while love is a divine port. When we have fulfilled love in its practice, then we reach God, the God of love. Life's path has already ended, for we have gone over to the other side, where the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are present".

 

With respect, and In Christ,

Father James