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$\"\"$ <\/a>Let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us \u2013 Psalm 89:17<\/strong>.
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This is the cry of the Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses (who wrote this Psalm some 500 years before King David), born of his experience at the burning bush and in communion with God on the top of Mt. Sinai- during which the brightness of the Lord shown upon him and caused his face to glow with the uncreated light.<\/p>\n

It is a cry fulfilled in the Holy Transfiguration of our Savior on Mt. Tabor when Moses beheld the divine majesty of the Theanthropos, the God-Man, Jesus Christ. This is the light that illumines the soul in baptism, and that we confess to have beheld every divine liturgy when we sing, \u201cWe have seen the true light, we have received the heavenly Spirit, we have found the true faith, worshipping the undivided Trinity Who has saved us.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is the light to which we advance and which we hope to behold and be filled with for all eternity in God\u2019s heavenly kingdom. \u201cLet the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to FWD from Fr Josiah Trenham.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"