Category Archives: Citations

“But the Word is said to be and is alone from the Father because he is not a creature; and the Son’s being ‘from the essence of the Father’ is indicative of this sense, which does not pertain to anything that has come into being”

Posted on 13 June 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The council [of Nicaea] wished to banish the impious phrases of the Arians and to inscribe the words confessed by the Scriptures: that the Son is not from non-being but from God; that he is Word and Wisdom, neither creature … Continue reading →

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“From the moment we were punished with mortality and our race was condemned to increase by a passionate means of conception, a thick cloud covered our noetic eyes, like a cloak of flesh”

Posted on 5 June 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

John 9:34–38. They answered and said unto him, “Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us?” And they cast him out. Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said … Continue reading →

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“Blessed are you, woman, who brought forth by your mouth light for those in darkness”

Posted on 30 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Blessed are you, O woman, drawer of ordinary water, who turned out to be a drawer of living water. You found the treasure, the Source from whom a flood of mercies flows. The spring had dried up, but it broke … Continue reading →

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“Arise! He who commands it is the Resurrection”

Posted on 22 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Wherever Jesus appears, there is salvation. If He sees a revenue officer sitting in his office, He makes him an apostle and evangelist. Laid in the grave, He raises the dead to life. He bestows sight on the blind, hearing … Continue reading →

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“The holy women were made the first strong preachers of the resurrection, as ones who heard about it from the lips of the angel”

Posted on 16 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The Gospels have told us today about the exploits of the holy women who followed the God-Man during His earthly wanderings. They witnessed His sufferings and were present at his burial. The burial took place on Friday evening. While the … Continue reading →

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“Therefore, having touched and beheld, he confessed that Thou art an unabstract God, and an unsimple Man.”

Posted on 8 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Beloved brethren, Christ is Risen! The feast of the Resurrection of Christ, Pascha, is the central feast of the entire ecclesiastical year and the last of the Triodion and Great Lent, but also the beginning of another period that concludes … Continue reading →

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Easter

Posted on 7 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delayes, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise: That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much … Continue reading →

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“We needed an Incarnate God, a God put to death, that we might live”

Posted on 5 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We were created that we might be made happy. We were made happy when we were created. We were entrusted with Paradise that we might enjoy life. We received a Commandment that we might obtain a good repute by keeping … Continue reading →

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