“When we set ourselves apart from others we are not Christians. We are true Christians when we have a profound sense that we are members of the mystical body of Christ, of the Church in an unbroken relationship of love when we have lived united in Christ, that is, when we experience unity in His Church with a sense of oneness. This is why Christ prays to His father saying that they may be one. He repeats the prayer again and again and the apostles emphasize it everywhere. This is the most profound aspect, the exalted meaning of the Church. This is where the secret is to be found: for all to be united as one person in God. There is no other religion like this; no other religion says anything of this sort. They have something to say but not this mystery, this exquisite point of the mystery which Christ demands and tells us that this is how we must become, that He wants us to be His.”
Elder Porphyrios
~Wounded by Love