The Immaculate Way

ὁ θεός μου ἄμωμος ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ τὰ λόγια κυρίου πεπυρωμένα ὑπερασπιστής ἐστιν πάντων τῶν ἐλπιζόντων ἐν αὐτόν. Ὁ ἡμέτερος Θεὸς ἄμωμον ἔχει τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄγουσαν ὁδόν· αὔτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετὴ, ἤν ὁδεύοντες διὰ μελέτης καὶ ἀσκήσεως, ἄμωμοι ἀποδειχθησόμεθα πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐρχόμενοι· μάλιστα δὲ ἄμωμος εἴη ὁδὸς Θεοῦ ὁ εἰπών· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωὴ. Διὰ ταύτης γὰρ τῆς ὁδοῦ πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ἐλθεῖν ἔστιν. Τὸ λόγιον Κυρίου πεπυρωμένον, τῷ ἄδολον καὶ καθαρὸν εἴναι, ἤ τῷ πῦρ εἴναι θερμαῖον τοὺς μετέχοντας ἀναλίσκειν τὴν τῆς ὕλης ἀχυρμίαν. Ὑπερασπιστής ἐστιν πάντων τῶν ἐλπιζόντων ἐπ' αὐτόν. Οἱ ἐπιγνώμονες τῆς προσούσης αὐτπῖς ἀσθενείας, ὅτ' ἂν ἰσχυροτέρους φωράσωσι τοὺς προσπολεμοῦντες, ἐπὶ Θεὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα ῥίψαντες, ὑπέρμαχον ἔχειν αὐτὸν ἀξιοῦσιν, Πολέμησον, λέγοντες, τοὺς πολεμοῦντας με· καὶ οὕτως Θεὸς, τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἀσπίδι ὑπερμαχεῖ αὐτῶν· κατὰ τὸ Ὅπλῳ κυκλώσει σε ἡ ἀλήθεια αὐτοῦ. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΙΖ'

Immaculate is the way of my God, and the words of the Lord are tested with fire, He is the protector of all who hope in Him. 1 Of Our Lord is the immaculate  way which leads to Him. For that is virtue, which accurately and diligently following, brings us immaculate to appear before Him. Truly immaculate is the way of God, He who says, 'I am the way, and truth and life.' 2 For on this way one must go to the Father. And the speech of the Lord is fire, because simple and pure it is, or because fire warms whoever is near to that which devours matter. 'Protector He is of all who hope in Him.' Those aware of their own weak conscience, when they are assailed by the strong adversary , cling to God their hope, being worthy to have Him as fellow fighter, and they say, 'Assail those who assail me.' 3 And thus God with his shield defends them, according to which, 'With the armour of his truth he will surround you.' 4 Didymus the Blind, from Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 17 1 Ps 17.31 2 Jn 14.6 3 Ps 34.1 4 Ps 90.5