[Kolokotronis]

Apolytikion, Tone 1

The shepherd’s pipe of thy theology/ conquered the philosophers’ trumpets;/ for since thou didst search out the depths of the Spirit,/ beauty of speech was added to thee./ Intercede with Christ our God that our souls may be saved,/ O Father Gregory.

Kontakion, Tone 3

With thy theologian’s speech thou didst dispel the philosopher’s cobwebs,/ O glorious Gregory;/ and thou dost adorn the robe of Orthodoxy woven for the Church from on high./ Wearing this, she cries out with us thy children:/ Rejoice, O Father, most excellent mind of theology.

[ELS]

This is because for him, theology was not a purely human reflection, much less merely the fruit of complicated speculations, but one that came from a life of prayer and holiness, from an assiduous dialog with God. And that is how a theologian discloses to reason the reality of God, the mystery of the Trinity. In contemplative silence, coupled with wonder before revealed mystery, the soul receives the beauty and the glory of God.

Although the Pope is describing St. Gregory in this passage, from what I have read about Benedict XVI, it describes himself as well.

[annalex]

Long time no see....