On Philippians · Lecture 111
Meditating on God’s Word and True Freedom
A lecture by Fr. Athanasios Mytilinaios · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Fr Athanasios Mytilinaios presents the Word of God as the source that enlightens, strengthens, and renews the faithful, then expounds Psalm 1 as the prologue to the whole Psalter: the blessed person does not merely read Scripture but meditates on it day and night. He distinguishes reading, which may take little time, from meditation, the continual inward pondering that accompanies daily work and rest, identifying it with the Fathers’ theoria and likening it to rumination that nourishes the soul. Joshua 1 shows God commanding that the book of the Law remain always in mouth and heart, avoiding transgression on the left and destructive excess on the right. The image of the tree by waters is linked to Christ as living water and the tree of life, before Mytilinaios opens the Wisdom of Sirach and its teaching on free will and true freedom.
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