You are risen. Yes, you! Resurrection is not only an event sealed in the past, nor a miracle waiting somewhere in the distant future. It is not confined to a single body, a single moment, or a single story handed down through centuries. Resurrection is the living movement of Reality itself, unfolding endlessly. It is [...]
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We Are Risen
The stone was not just rolled for one, But for all things beneath the sun. Not merely once, in ancient land, But each time Soul lets go of sand. Not flesh from tomb, but Self from sleep,Not death undone, but Life made deep.The grave we feared was but a veil,A dream of loss, a ghostly [...]
Excerpts from Symeon’s Discourse on the “Mystical Resurrection of Christ”
The following are excerpts from a discourse given by the Byzantine Christian monk and poet, Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022 AD), to the monks of the Monastery of St. Mamas.