This is an unpublished text that was written for the Sourozh Diocesan Conference of 2004, less than a year after the death of Metropolitan Anthony. In the end, instead I presented a paper that focused on five newly canonized saints, including Mother Maria Skobtsova of Paris. See: http://incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/becoming-the-gospel/ Still, as I read the draft text [...]