In the Light of Christ

In this farewell discourse, the Lord expresses perfect love for His disciples. They are His regenerated children and through them and upon them Jesus was to establish the foundation of the new world. This perfect love of Christ for His disciples is vividly manifested at the Last Supper by the washing of the feet and the Lord’s self-offering in Holy Communion.

On the Sunday Epistle Readings of Lent:

Hellenism and the Unfinished Revolution

from the Prologue to The Orthodox Philosophy of Truth: The Dogmatics of the Orthodox Church, Book 1, Belgrade, 1932, 9,11

by Paul Rosenboom

…His resurrection and ascension are the resurrection and ascension of our human nature; and not just of our human nature, but of everyone who believes in Christ and shows his faith in works. Christ was unbegotten and uncreated according to His divinity, and it was for our sake that He became man. He lived as he did because of us, teaching us the path that leads back to true life. Everything He suffered in the flesh, he suffered for us to heal our passions. On account of our sins He was led to death, and for us He rose and ascended, preparing our own resurrection and ascension for unending eternity.

By Paul Rosenboom