“The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see God, to receive the greatest gifts of His light, to contemplate the divine splendor in primordial power, to be filled with the gifts that bring wisdom and to share these generously with subordinates as a part of the beneficent outpouring of His wisdom.” KnowsMeanLightChristianNamesShareDivineFilledOrthodoxContemplatingFullnessOrthodox ChristianGreatest GiftsSplendorSubordinates Author:Pope Dionysius
“'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is something more. Inspired by the Father, each procession of the Light spreads itself generously toward us, and, in its power to unify, it stirs us by lifting us up. It returns us back to the oneness and deifying simplicity of the Father who gathers us in. For, as the sacred Word says, 'from Him and to Him are all things' (Rom. 11:36).” LightChristianFatherPerfectReturnAll ThingsSacredInspiredVery GoodSimplicitySpreadOnenessOrthodoxLiftingEndowmentProcession Author:Pope Dionysius
“I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see, so as to know, unseeing and unknowing, that which lies beyond all vision and knowledge. For this would be really to see and to know: to praise the Transcendent One in a transcending way... We would be like sculptors who set out to carve a statue. They remove every obstacle to the pure view of the hidden image, and simply by the act of clearing aside they show up the beauty which is hidden.” IfsKnowsWayShowsLightWould BeChristianLyingViewsVisionDarknessPrayingPureSightPraiseObstaclesRemoveOrthodoxStatuesI PrayOrthodox ChristianTranscendentSculptorsClearingTranscendingUnknowing Author:Pope Dionysius
“Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up to the farthest, highest peak of mystic scripture, where the mysteries of God's Word lie simple, absolute and unchangeable in the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence. Amid the deepest shadow they pour overwhelming light on what is most manifest. Amid the wholly unsensed and unseen they completely fill our sightless minds with treasures beyond all beauty.” MindLightChristianLyingHeavenSimpleSilenceDarknessMysteryHigherGoodnessHighestShadowAbsolutesGuidesBrilliantScriptureTreasureDivinityOrthodoxManifestOverwhelmingUnseenOrthodox ChristianMysticTrinityLight UpUnchangeableUnknowingMystery Of God Author:Pope Dionysius
