God’s descent to people is the most dauntless act of divine love—divine love for mankind, the most joyous tidings for the pure of heart, and the most unbelievable for the impure of heart.

Like a pillar of fire in the deepest darkness was God’s descent to man. And the story of this descent by God to man begins with the angel and the Virgin, with a conversation between heavenly purity and earthly purity.

When an impure heart converses with the impure of heart, it is war. When an impure heart converses with the pure of heart, it is likewise war. Only when a pure heart converses with the pure of heart, it is joy, peace, and wonder.

☦️St. Nikolai Velimirovich