Posted By Macedon on September 10, 2024
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Killer of Repentance
Saint John the Baptist was sent by God to call people to repentance: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3, 2). He himself, with his way of life, is the embodiment of repentance. And naturally, he could not even be called by God to preach repentance if he had not experienced all its power perfectly.
In today’s Gospel reading (see: Mark 6, 14–30), it is revealed to us what the main human passions are and what their basic mutual influences are in ourselves. Passion is painful – to the point of depravity, a mental force, which through repentance (change-of-mind) should be transfigured into virtue. The main human passion is self-love, which we need to transfigure into love of God and love of humanity.
In Herod the Tetrarch, we recognise self-love in all three of its manifestations or sub-passions: love of pleasures (desire for bodily pleasures), avariciousness (desire for money and possessions), and vain glory (desire for earthly power and glory). In the works of Venerable John of the Ladder, we read that human passions often collide with each other, and that, one passion suppresses the other at the appropriate moment. Thus, we also see with King Herod that these three passions at the same time do not have the same intensity and strength, and we see how the stronger passion suppresses the weaker one.
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Posted By Macedon on September 10, 2024
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Убиец на покајанието
Свети Јован Крстител беше испратен од Бог да ги повика луѓето на покајание: „Покајте се, зашто се приближи Царството Небесно!“ (Матеј 3, 2). Самиот тој, со својот начин на живот, е олицетворение на покајанието. И нормално, не би ни можел да биде повикан од Бог да проповеда покајание ако целата негова сила не ја доживеал совршено.
Во денешното евангелско четиво (види: Марко 6, 14–30) ни се открива кои се главните човекови страсти и какви се нивните основни меѓусебни влијанија во нас самите. Страста е болна – до развратеност, душевна сила, која преку покајание (преумување) треба да се преобрази во добродетел. Главна човекова страст е самољубието, која треба да ја преобразиме во Богољубие и човекољубие.
Во Ирод четворовласникот го препознаваме самољубието во сите три негови пројави или потстрасти: сластољубие (желба за телесни задоволства), среброљубие (желба за пари и имот) и славољубие (желба за овоземна власт и слава). Кај преподобен Јован Лествичник читаме дека човечките страсти често се судираат една со друга, односно една страст во соодветен момент ја потиснува другата. Така, и кај царот Ирод гледаме дека овие три страсти во исто време немаат ист интензитет и сила, и гледаме како посилната страст ја потиснува послабата.
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Posted By Macedon on September 7, 2024
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Во суштина, сите сме должници на нашиот Бог, Создател и Спасител, Кој е наш Господар, и ние сме Негови. Сите згрешивме и сеуште грешиме, пребиваме во своите гревови, и тешко ни е да се исправиме. Тоа е нашиот долг пред Бог, кој не е мал и не може со ништо да се откупи, освен со милоста Божја.
Според овој евангелски настан (Матеј 18, 23-33), откако господарот си го побарал долгот, а должникот не можел да му го врати, го ставил во затвор за дa исплати се што му должи. Но бидејќи овој не можел да го врати својот долг, му се молел и умилкувал, и господарот му се смилил и му ги простил гревовите. Така и Бог по нашите молитви, усрдие и трудови, а пред се, заради Својата голема милост, ни ги простува нашите гревови и ние сме слободни.
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Posted By Macedon on September 7, 2024
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In essence, we are all debtors to our God, the Creator and Saviour. He is our Lord, and we are His people. We have all sinned and we are still sinning, we dwell in our sins, and it is difficult for us to correct ourselves. This is our debt to God, which is not small and cannot be redeemed by anything, other than the grace of God.
According to this gospel event (Matthew 18: 23-33), after the master asked for the repayment of the debt, and the debtor could not repay it, he put him in prison in order to pay back everything that he owed him. But because he could not repay his debt, he sweet-talked and begged him, and then the master had mercy on him and forgave his sins. Thus God, after our prayers, diligence and hard work, and above all, because of His great mercy, forgives our sins and we are free.
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Posted By Macedon on September 7, 2024
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We all know the commandment of God: “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12).
And there is nothing vague here. Unless someone is ungodly. In today’s Gospel reading we can see a typical example of how we should not as well as how we should behave towards our neighbours.
“Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’
Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.” (Matthew 18:23-27)
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