The love of God for men is a movement if God towards us, not merely so that we

may know Him, or (according to our ability) imitate Him, but so that Ha may

indeed give himself and unite Himself to us.





Lev Gillet (Monk of the Eastern/Orthodox Church)

The Burning Bush

Jericho is not a fortress to be conquered by method of war. Love does not mount

an assault on our souls. Nor can we ourselves destroy our own walls. We cannot

take them down stone by stone. But the Lord Love compasses us about patiently,

repeatedly. The sound of the trumpets is the call of Limitless Love. Love erodes

our deepest inner defenses. And then God shakes the foundations and our Jericho

falls apart.



Lev Gillet (Monk of the Eastern/Orthodox Church)

The Burning Bush

The invocation of the Name may be practices anywhere and at anytime. We can

pronounce the Name of Jesus in the streets, in the place of our work, in our

room, in church, etc. we can repeat the Name while we walk. Besides that free

use of the Name, not determined or limited by any rule, it is good to set apart

certain times and certain places for a regular invocation of the Name.



Lev Gillet (Monk of the Eastern Church), On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus,