Has anyone seen the body of a righteous man abandoned by his soul? There is no stench from him; there is no fear of approaching him. At his burial, his sadness is dissolved by some kind of incomprehensible joy. The facial features, frozen as they were at the moment of the soul's departure, sometimes rest in the deepest peace, and sometimes shine with the joy of sweet encounters and kisses—of course, with Angels and with the saints who are sent from heaven for the souls of the righteous.
~St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov)
Muitos que se dizem cristãos e até católicos tentam retratar Jesus como se fosse um revolucionário hippie que veio contrariar a Lei de Deus, revelada no Antigo Testamento, e pregar um cristianismo “adocicado” em que basta “viver o amor”, entendido aqui da forma mais genérica possível, sem exigir uma mudança de vida.
Mas Jesus não veio rebaixar a Lei de Deus para justificar a nossa vida na mediocridade. Ele veio nos elevar para que aprendamos a verdadeiramente amar.
Curta e compartilhe este post para que mais pessoas entendam essa realidade e não se deixem enganar por um falso “Jesus” que muitos espalham por aí.
Nikola Tesla, one of the world’s greatest inventors, was born and raised Orthodox. His father, Milutin Tesla, was a respected Serbian Orthodox priest, writer, and teacher.
Nikola Tesla once confided that he prayed to God on his bare knees every night from his youth.
~A fresco of Nicola Tesla at the Cathedral of St. Joannicius in Serbia 🇷🇸☦️
Hoje, 15 de junho, recordamos a memória da bem-aventurada Albertina Berkenbrock, virgem e mártir catarinense, que deu a vida para que sua pureza não fosse violada.
Numa época em que tantos jovens entregaram-se à promiscuidade e à falta de modéstia, peçamos a intercessão da beata Albertina para que a pureza e a inocência sejam restauradas em nossas famílias.
Beata Albertina Berkenbrock, mártir da pureza, rogai por nós!
16 de junho
memória de santos Julita e Ciro, mártires
Oração:
Deus Nosso Pai, destes a Santa Julita e a São Ciro os sofrimentos do martírio, por sua intercessão dai-me uma fé verdadeira, forte, perseverante. Suplico-Vos o perdão de meus pecados e a graça de Vos amar e bendizer todos os dias de minha vida. Amém.
Once, our priest in Paris was arrested by the Germans. He was replaced by another priest who came to church but almost never served, because most of the time he arrived completely drunk. I was a young man then; I would put him in the corner and stand right in front of him so that if he fell, he would fall on me and I could catch him.
He was condemned by many. I even remember an interesting conversation when he spoke of himself as a bad priest, but someone else said to him, 'You know, you're not a bad priest. You're a bad person, but you're a good priest.'
Now, I absolutely agree with that because I once went to him for confession—a time when there was no judgment. I remember him listening to my confession. He listened from the depths of his own remorse, and he wept over me. They were not drunken tears; he was quite sober. He wept over the fact that here was a young man of twenty-something years who was struggling and could ruin his life, too.
I remember when I finished my confession, he said to me, 'You know what my life is like. You know that I have no right to talk about how people should live or what kind of people they should be. But even though I am not worthy to speak of it, I will tell you what Christ would say in my place, because you are young, and you might not end up where I have.' And he spoke to me then from the Gospel.
To an external observer, this man was nothing but a drunkard. What a shame—a priest who drinks! Yet, he could speak God's truth from the depths of his suffering.
Later, I learned more about him. He, along with part of the White Army, had left Crimea on one steamboat. His wife and two children were on another steamboat, and that boat sank. They died right before his eyes, and he could do nothing. And so, he drank himself to ruin.
To that, anyone might say, 'But Job did not get drunk!' Well, if you dare to say that Job did not drink, you must first grow to the stature of Job. Job himself would not have condemned him.
~Metropolitan Anthony.
Uma ótima tarde com esse lindo gesto🐶❤️
Em meio à rotina da coleta de lixo, um motorista tem emocionado muitas pessoas com um gesto simples, mas cheio de amor. Ele costuma levar ração para alimentar cães em situação de rua que encontra pelo caminho.
A atitude foi registrada em vídeo e rapidamente conquistou os internautas, que elogiaram sua generosidade e empatia.
Para muitos, ações como essa mostram que pequenos gestos de carinho podem fazer uma grande diferença na vida de quem mais precisa.