Interrupting the Silence

Tag: St. Symeon the New Theologian

  • Blessing Candles on the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)

    Blessing Candles on the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)

    Forty days after Christmas the infant Jesus was presented in the temple of Jerusalem and placed in the arms of the old man Simeon (Luke 2:22-40) who declared: Lord, you now have set your servant free  to go in peace as you have promised;  For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior,  whom you Read more

  • Epiphany, Wise Men, and Watchfulness

    In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” (Matthew 2:1-2) I believe, that at some Read more

  • Love Came Down – St. Symeon the New Theologian

    “Love came down, as is its way, in the appearance of a luminous cloud. I saw it fasten on me and settle upon my head. And it made me cry out, for I was so afraid; and so it flew away and left me alone. Then how ardently I searched after it; and suddenly, completely, Read more