Even worldly persons desire to be associated with the glory of an earthly king. How much more true is this of those whom the finger of the divine Spirit of Life has touched.
Divine love has wounded their hearts with the longing for Christ,
the true and heavenly King.
His beauty and ineffable glory,
his unfailing graciousness,
and his incomprehensible majesty
have conspired to hold them captive with desire and longing.
Their whole being is fixed upon him.

Makarios the Great