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Archimandrite Lev Gillet · September 01, 2009
O Lord of Love, I beg you, don’t go so fast! I can’t keep up with you. You’re moving too quickly for me. Wait for me, let me catch up to you! Still, Lord, you have not stopped, you have not...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · May 31, 2009
A fortified city, encircled by ramparts that prevent anyone from entering or leaving, is a striking image of separation. It represents the very negation of Love without limits.
Every separation caused by a lack of love is...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · February 01, 2009
My dear child, God declares, Love without limits breaks through the limitations of your words.
I place in your heart and on your lips various ‘ascensions’ or upward movements, so that every word you use...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · August 31, 2008
“With what love, then, are you loved?” God asks. “I did not say, ‘You were loved.’ Nor did I say ‘You will be loved.’ I did not just love you yesterday or the day before. Nor is it simply tomorrow or the...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · October 01, 2007
Infinite Love storms the very gates of our life. It could be that I’ve already achieved a kind of peaceful co-existence with God. Perhaps I’ve been able to convince myself that I am more or less “in order” with my soul and...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · July 31, 2007
“My child,” God declares, “this word that I speak to you places you in the very heart of the Burning Bush. You are no longer on the threshold of the mystery, you have entered it fully. You are loved. If you truly want to...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · May 01, 2007
No less than six times in the first chapter of the first sacred book of the Hebrews, God is represented creating the days of the week and setting evening as the time at which the day...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · January 01, 2007
“My poor children,” God says, “you want to live without me. What, then, do you depend upon? What is your essential foundation?
“My poor child,” He declares, “you think you can escape from me by...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · October 01, 2006
“My child,” God calls, “expand your vision to the dimensions of universal Love, to the dimensions of my Heart. Love without limits does not end with the human person. My Love upholds the entire...
Archimandrite Lev Gillet · August 01, 2006
“My child,” God declares, “you have seen the Bush that burns without being consumed. You have recognized Love, which is a consuming fire that desires you completely. The ‘great vision’ of the Burning Bush can...