Just as at Pentecost, the hymns of the Church express strange sounds and paradoxical words of the Spirit, which surpass the darkened mind of man, yet witness to the awesome reality of God, so the Spirit releases strange echoes of redemption within the heart inhabited by the fire of love for God. The hymns of Pentecost sound strange in the ears of the world, and only the initiated can comprehend them. Similarly, the paradoxical echoes whispered in the ears of the friends of Christ, speak of ineffable mysteries pertaining to the love of God.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
‘Bearing the reproach of Christ’
The Otherness and Ethos of the Lamb of God
The Mission of the Monk and His Service to the Church
‘Resist not evil’, the True Victory of the Monk
The Absolute Character of Monasticism
Give Rest to Your Father and You Have Given Rest to God
The Hypostatic Mode of Living in the Monastic Culture
The Garment of Humility of the Mother of God, the Pattern for Monasticism
The Spiritual Swiftness of the Regenerated Man
The Mad Love of the Friends of Christ
Epilogue, The Guardian of the Heart