Posted By Macedon on May 26, 2024
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Since Christ was incarnate and identified Himself with us, then there is no reason for despair. He certainly appears in our lives; on countless occasions. It is up to us to recognise the visit.
The God-Man Christ visits us in an iconic way many times, mainly through people that suffer. He Himself has said, “… inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me”. But every meeting with every person in our lives is a gift from God and it is a meeting with Him.
There are also other visits by Him; visits that significantly change our lives. Let us make sure that it is not a permitted illness or misfortune, that is “unwilling visitation” by Him, because of our sins, but let us incite, through a struggle of repentance and obedience, a “willing visitation” – as growing through the stages of spiritual development, transfiguration and deification.
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Posted By Macedon on May 26, 2024
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Штом Христос се воплотил и се поистоветил со нас, тогаш нема причина за очајание. Тој секако се појавува во нашиот живот; и тоа безброј пати. Наше е само да ја препознаеме посетата.
Богочовекот Христос иконично нѐ посетува многупати, и главно, преку луѓе што страдаат. Самиот Тој има кажано: „…ако на еден од овие Мои мали браќа им направите, Мене сте Ми направиле“. Но, секоја средба со секој човек во нашиот живот е дар Божји и средба со Него.
Постојат и поинакви Негови посети; посети кои битно го менуваат нашиот живот. Само да гледаме да не е тоа допуштена болест или несреќа, односно „посета од неволен вид“ поради нашите гревови, туку да предизвикаме, преку подвиг на покајание и послушание, посета од волен вид – како растење низ степените на духовниот развој, преобразување и обожeние.
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Posted By Macedon on May 21, 2024
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Somewhere, someone has nicely said that the closer we get to Golgotha, following Christ faithfully, the less people (spiritual children, friends) we see around us. It is not surprising. We also know from the Gospel that the same thing first happened to our Lord Jesus Christ.
There is an exception to this rule. That is the myrrh-bearing women. What we should give emphasis to, having in mind their hagiography, as the most characteristic thing of their overall struggle in the service of the God-Man Christ?
That unwavering and constant following of Christ, no matter what happens to Him, no matter the possible difficulties, and no matter what the consequences may be for them, themselves.
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Posted By Macedon on May 21, 2024
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Некаде, некој убаво има кажано дека колку повеќе се доближуваме до Голгота, следејќи Го верно Христос, толку помалку луѓе (духовни чеда, пријатели) гледаме околу нас. Но, ништо чудно. Знаеме и од Евангелието дека истото прво Му се случило на нашиот Господ Исус Христос.
Има и исклучок од правилото. Тоа се жените мироносици. Што би требало да се издвои, имајќи го предвид нивното житие, како најкарактеристично од севкупниот нивен подвиг во служењето на Богочовекот Христос?
Тоа непоколебливо и постојано следење на Христос, без оглед на тоа што се случува со Него, без оглед на сите можни тешкотии и без оглед на тоа какви последици од тоа можат да произлезат за нив самите.
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Posted By Macedon on May 15, 2024
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Christ is risen!
We will say again, Christ is the centre of our lives, and Christ’s resurrection is the greatest and most important event in the history of mankind. Without Christ’s resurrection, man is nothing, and without His resurrection life is only a shadow and a dream. But Christ was incarnate and became Man, and by His death and resurrection He gave man meaning and life again. That is why our life should be based on faith in Christ and His resurrection.
Many call themselves Christians, they are baptised, and they may hold some rituals and traditions in the Church, but their faith in Christ’s resurrection is weak and some do not even believe it. But they are not right. The event with the Holy Apostle Thomas confirms the truth of Christ’s resurrection. If there was not the Holy Apostle Thomas and his blissful “disbelief” they might have been right. But the humility of Christ and the zeal of the Holy Apostle Thomas break down any disbelief.
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