#st nikolai velimirovich

“That  person does not have Christ who only has Him on his tongue. Neither  does that person have Christ who has Him only on paper. Neither does  that person have Christ who has Him only on the wall. Neither does that  person have Christ that has Him in the museum of the past.

That person, in truth, has Christ who has Him in his heart. For Christ is Love and the throne of love is the heart.

If Christ is in your heart then, for you, He is God.  If He is only on your tongue, or on paper or on a wall, or in the  museum of the past and even though you call Him God, for you, He is but a  toy.

The heart apparently is a narrow organ, but God can dwell in it. When  God dwells in it, then it is filled and overly filled and nothing else  can position itself in it. If, however, the whole world were to settle  in it, it remains empty without God.

Brethren, let Christ, the  resurrected and living Lord, pour faith into your hearts and your hearts  will be filled and overly filled. He cannot enter and dwell  into your hearts except through your faith. If you do not possess faith,  Christ will remain only on your tongue or on your paper or on your wall  or in the museum of the past. What kind of benefit do you have from  that?  Lower the living Christ into your heart and you will be permeated with the truth and you will sense unspeakable sweetness.”

~St. Nikolai Velimirovich

(Art: Jesus Christ Shroud Painting, by Nicholas Hodgson)