St. Gregory of Sinai: Here there are very few who fully rejoice in the words of the Spirittranslated

He preaches the Gospel in the manner of Paul, the one who partakes of the illumination of Christ and can transmit it energetically to others as well, casting the word like divine seed in the fields of the souls of his listeners. As he himself says: "Let your word be seasoned with the grace of divine goodness, to impart grace to those who hear it with faith." Paul again calling the teachers husbandmen and the taught georgio [cultivable field], very wisely shows that the former plow and sow the divine word and the others are fertile, fertile and fruitful land. True liturgy is not only the action of the divine, but also the sharing of goods and their transmission to others.

94. The spoken word spoken of doctrine is varied, and is acquired in many and varied ways from four sources: learning, reading, practice, and grace. Just as water, while it is one in nature, changes in quality according to the composition of the earth through which it passes, so that it tastes sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet, sometimes salty and sometimes sour, so also the word of doctrine, after passing through the moral six of each one and changing accordingly, is recognized according to...