On Symeon the New Theologian "The Source of Love in Him Was the Presence of Christ" VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 16, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of Benedict XVI's address today during the general audience in Paul VI Hall. * * * Dear brothers and sisters, Today we pause to reflect on the figure of the Eastern monk Symeon the New Theologian, whose writings exercised a noteworthy influence on the theology and spirituality of the East, in particular, regarding the experience of mystical union with God. Symeon the New Theologian was born in 949 in Galatia, in Paphlagonia (Asia Minor),...