Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Nativity Meditation from SVOTS


God’s foreknowledge is unfathomable. It is enough for us with our whole heart to believe that it never opposes God’s grace and truth, and that it does not infringe man’s freedom. Usually this resolves as follows: God foresees how a man will freely act and makes dispositions accordingly; divine determination depends on the life of a man, and not his life upon the determination.

+ St. Theophan the Recluse: An Explanation of Certain Texts of Holy Scripture