Monastic Lectionary of the Divine Office 25/08.2015
First Reading
TUESDAY
Ephesians 5:8-20
Second Reading
From a conference by Saint Symeon the New Theologian
Do any have ears to hear, so that they can understand the meaning of the words spoken by the Spirit? Do any even now possess the mind of Christ, so as to think about his writings properly and in a way worthy of God? Can any be found even now with Christ speaking in their hearts, so that they can rightly interpret the mysteries hidden in his word? For Saint Paul says:
We speak words of wisdom, not the passing wisdom of this present age, but a secret and hidden wisdom, hidden from the many but in all truth revealed and known to us, who are instructed in the fear of God and have our eyes always fixed on him. We do not speak about something we are ignorant of, but testify to what we know: that the light already shines in the darkness both by day and by night, both within and without, within our hearts, without in our minds. It shines around us unfading, unchanging, formless, speaking, working, living and life-giving, and transforms those it shines on into light.
We testify that God is light, and that all those who have deserved to see him have seen him as light, because the light of his glory goes before him, and it is impossible for him to appear without light. And so those who have never seen his light have never seen him either, because he is light, and those who have not received light have not yet received grace; for those who have received grace have received God's light and God; as Christ, the light, has said: I will live and walk among them.
But all those who have not yet experienced or deserved to experience this are under the law which preceded grace. They are slaves and disciples of slaves, hearers of the law, offspring of the slave woman, and children of darkness, whether they are kings or patriarchs, bishops or priests, rulers or ruled, lay people or monks, solitaries or superiors, poor or rich, sick or physically healthy. For all those living in darkness are children of darkness who refuse to repent, since repentance is the door that leads from darkness to light.
Responsory Jn 8:12; Rom 13:12
I am the light of the world. + Anyone who follows me will not walk
in darkness, but will have the light of life.
V. Let us cast off the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. + Anyone who ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symeon_the_New_Theologian
| Saint Symeon the New Theologian | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 949 Galatia |
| Died | March 12, 1022 Paloukiton |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church,Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | pre-congregation |
| Feast | March 12 |
Symeon the New Theologian (also sometimes referred to as Simeon the New Theologian), (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022 AD) was a Byzantine Christian monk and poet who was the last of three saints canonized by theEastern Orthodox church and given the title of "Theologian" (along with John the Apostle andGregory of Nazianzus). "Theologian" was not applied to Symeon in the modern academic sense of theological study, but to recognize someone who spoke from personal experience of the vision of God. One of his principal teachings was that humans could and should experience theoria(literally "contemplation," or direct experience of God).
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