Sealed With Light

Ἐσημειώθη ἐφ' ἡμᾶς τὸ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου σου, Kύριε... Κρυφιωδέστερον δὲ καὶ μυστικώτερον, πρόσωπον μὲν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς, ὀ Υἱὸς, φῶς δὲ τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ πεμπόμενον Πνεῦμα εἰς ἡμᾶς· δι' οὗ κατεφραγίσμεθα, εἰς εἰκόνα τὴν πρώτην ἀναμορφούμενοι· δι' οὗ καὶ δεδιδάγμεθα τὰ ὄντως ἀγαθὰ, δι' ἃ καὶ τὴν νοητὴν εὐφροσύνην ἐσχήκαμεν τὴν εἰς νοῦν καὶ καρδίαν, βεβαιούμενοι πρὸς ἐλπίδα τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐσομένοις ἀγαθοῖς. Οἱ μὲν ἄγγελοι βλέπουσι διὰ παντὸς· τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι τὸ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. Πρόσωπον δὲ Κυρίου ἐστὶ θεωρία πνευματικὴ πάντων τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς· φῶς δὲ προσώπου ἐστὶν ἡ μερικὴ γνῶσις τούτων αὐτῶν· εἶπερ, κατὰ τὴν σοφὴν Θεκωῗτιδα, ὡς ἄγγελος Θεοῦ ἦν ὁ Δαβὶδ εἰδὼς τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς πάντα. Και ποῖον ἄρα ἐστὶν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς, οὗ τὸ φῶς ἐφ' ἡμᾶς σεσημείωται; Ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱος, ἡ ἀπαράλλακτος εἰκων· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο λέγων· Ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ, ἐωρακε τὸν Πατέρα μου. Ἐσημάνθη δὲ ἡμῖν, συμμόρφους ἡμᾶς ἀποδείχας ἑαυτῷ, καὶ τὸν διὰ πνεύματος τοῦ ἰδίου φωτισμὸν ἐγχαράξας ὡς θείαν εἰκόνα τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς αὐτὸν. Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Εἰς Τους Ψαλμους, Ψαλμός Δ’ Souce: Migne PG 69.739b-c

Sealed on us is the light of your face, O Lord. 1 In a more hidden and mystical sense the face of God the Father is the Son, and the light from Him to us is the sending of the Spirit, with which we were sealed, refashioned to image of the first man, through which we have received good things, and by which we receive spiritual joy in the heart and mind, being confirmed in the hope of future goods. Certainly angels always gaze on the face of God, 2 but men see the light of His face. And the face of the Lord is spiritual insight into all the things on the earth, and the light of his face is a partial knowledge of these things, since according to the wise woman from Thecua, David was like an angel of God because he knew all the things on earth. 3 Now what is the face of God the Father that is sealed on us? It is the Son of God, the unchangeable image, because of which He says: 'He who sees me, sees my Father.' 4 And thus He has been sealed on us so that he may make us conform to Himself, and by the enlightenment of His Spirit He has impressed the Divine image on those faithful to Him. Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 4 1 Ps 4.7 2 Mt 18.10 3 2 Kings 14.20 4 Jn 14.9