Reflections in Christ

by Archimandrite Lev Gillet

Love Without Limits (12)

The Demands of Prevenient Grace

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...

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Upward Movements

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...

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“You are loved” (2)

“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...

Love Without Limits (8): The Violent Announcement

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...

Love Without Limits (7): You Are Loved

“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...

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“There was an evening and a morning…”

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...

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Upon Which Foundation?

“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...

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The Essential Connection

“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...

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Boundless Love

“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...

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