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He shines hidden by His divine nature, unreachable by human nature, being the luminous abyss of divine darkness, the source and providential guide of all,\u201d emphasized Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopia.ca\/index.php\/en\/2145-ioan-casian-pastoral-letter-at-the-feast-of-the-lord-s-resurrection-2025\">Easter pastoral letter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His Grace reflected on how the light of Christ becomes the light of humanity, drawing on a hymn from Saint Symeon the New Theologian:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a hidden Sun to all mortal nature, \/ You rise for Your own and are seen by them, \/ and in You arise those who once were darkened\u2014wasteful, sinful, tax collectors. \/ For in repentance they become children of Your divine light (John 12:36). \/ Light gives birth to light, \/ therefore they too are light, \/ children of God, as it is written (John 1:12), gods by grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of love for our humanity, Christ reveals Himself in each of us who receive Him, so that we might grow in Him like fruitful branches bearing good fruit. It is a mutual movement between God and man. Though invisible and incomprehensible, God rises within each of us, and man grows in God,\u201d wrote Bishop Ioan Casian.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that, according to St. Symeon, this growth requires a key condition\u2014repentance. \u201cThrough repentance, we gain access to God\u2019s grace. When we act in faith and partake in God\u2019s uncreated energies, His light becomes our light. Thus, we ourselves become light.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Manifestation of Divine Light in the Human Person<\/h2>\n<p>His Grace went on to describe how divine light is manifested in the human person and expressed through concrete action.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting Fr. Dumitru St\u0103niloae, the bishop said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe human person becomes a communicator of light through speech, through actions, through a smile, through their face\u2014even through their very presence; and a seeker of light especially through hearing and the reflection in the eyes. The meanings expressed through the eyes make the whole face eloquent. The human being appears as a dialogical existence and, for this reason, also a reflective one. Both of these qualities reveal him as light and mystery without end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan carries within himself this dialogical and mysterious dimension that makes him like God. In his personal and communal life, he mirrors the intra-Trinitarian dialogue. Man is the image of God moving toward His likeness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dimension is translated into daily life through word and deed, through the virtues embodied in personal life and manifested in social relationships and concrete actions. In this way, the human life becomes a reflection of the divine way of being\u2014the goodness of God,\u201d concluded Bishop Ioan Casian.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Doxologia \/ Flavius Popa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cChrist as God remains a mystery. 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