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Re-Storying the Human Person: Narrative Liturgical Formation

by Geoffrey Ready

As we are all aware, the Divine Liturgy is our present participation in the life of the age to come, a real encounter with the kingdom of God. St Maximus the Confessor teaches that the liturgy is the site where the grace of the Holy Spirit “transforms, remoulds, and truly remodels [each participant] into a more divine image.” …

Geoffrey Ready

The V. Rev. Geoffrey Ready directs the Orthodox School of Theology at the University of Toronto, where he teaches liturgy, Biblical studies, and pastoral theology. He studied in Ottawa and at Holy Cross Orthodox School of Theology in Boston and holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto. He served as a priest in Northern Ireland and then in France before returning to Toronto as priest-in-charge of Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Mission, an OCA parish that meets on the University of Toronto campus.

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