+ BARTHOLOMEW BY THE GRACE OF GOD
Archbishop of Constantinople - New Rome
and Ecumenical Patriarch
A THE PLENITUDE THE CHURCH, GRACE AND PEACE FROM JESUS \u200b\u200b'CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND BY OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS
Brothers and Sons beloved in the Lord,
"It 's open stadium of virtue, you who want to fight, go after you girded the good fight of fasting" or megliosempre is open, since even the Lord of Glory Most Merciful, has deigned to take human nature. Since then, calls every person to take part in the endless gifts of grace of the Spirit Tuttosanto and especially during this blessed time of the Holy and Great Lent.
beloved children in the Lord,
The infinite goodness, our true God, adored in the Trinity, he created the human race just for the sake to make men conniving - as this is possible in human nature - and sharing in the greatness of His Divine Glory. This is the sole purpose of human life in every age. It 'realization of this goal tending throughout the Holy Tradition, the bearer of the Spirit, of our Orthodox Church, teaching, interpreting and presenting the whole picture of the spiritual life and the various spiritual struggle, in which the faithful must make progress with that noble feeling. Every Christian, through the Holy Mystery of Baptism and the grace of the Holy Spirit. If one gets, with all good intentions, to love God, then grace, so inexplicable, gives him a share of the wealth of its assets. So who want to keep this experience of grace, strive with great joy away from his own soul, goods and passengers of the present time to the hidden treasure of their true Vita.Secondo the degree of success, in which the soul progresses in the spiritual struggle, occurs in proportion to the divine gift of grace, the Lord's goodness, hidden in its depth, goodness becomes safe driving tests every spiritual genere.Questa spiritual struggle, for every believer, is continuous, so why should I have Every day, every moment a new beginning. "It 's time, the beginning of spiritual struggle, the victory against the demons, the continent with all its weapons, the splendor Angels, openness before God. " So the Holy Lent is a beginning of spiritual rebirth and the continuous renewal of man. That is also the hymnography Triodion directs us properly in its own content, saying that, given the physical fasting by fasting from food, if not accompanied by the purification result of a fight that leaves the passions, there appears to be no reason to change life and therefore is hated by God as a liar.
Certainly the fact that man can concentrate his mind on the work of the knowledge of God and bring it back from his loss of passion to their own situation, it is hard work and long , but is necessary and crucial for its spiritual consistency and for all his social life. The path of virtue, for those who engage in, it seems overly harsh and unpleasant, not only because it is such an effect, but because our human nature is addicted to the easy pleasures attend. For those who have managed to overcome the middle of the street, it looks nice and easy. Many of those who in different eras, have ignored the great mystery of godliness, consider the Orthodox Tradition as heavy and the man that led to the deprivation of the creative imagination of the original initiative, the pleasures of life in general and the joy that derives from it. There is nothing further from the truth. Everything God has done, he did it perfectly and gave him to us so that we can rejoice and enjoy it and that this may become reason to give glory to our endless Benefactor. The commandments of God, in addition, guide us, we describe the proper use of your gifts, so our body, our imagination and all the forces of our soul, with all the material goods are found to be really a source of joy and benefit for human life. On the contrary, the use of selfish, arbitrary and contemptuous of the order granted by the Creator to his creation, the moment we meet unreasonable selfishness of man, but eventually leads to totally different results da quelli attesi e lo porta alla depressione, all’angoscia e alla infelicità Il nostro Salvatore, il vero Dio e vero Uomo, colui che è incomprensibilmente conosciuto dagli umili e da coloro che sono capaci di recepire la Sua Grazia increata, il Signore della Gloria e Signore della Storia, che sonda cuori e reni , colui che, per la Sua divina Provvidenza, contiene ogni cosa, dalla più piccola particella della Sua creazione, fino all’intero universo, incomprensibile all’intelligenza umana, è in modo diacronico, la Via, la Verità e la Vita. Come la Fonte ipostatica della Vita non può essere trattenuta dalla morte, che egli ha schiacciato ed è risorto, allo steso modo non è possibile che esista vita human, which raises man in dignity, without participation in the life-giving Body of the Risen Christ, His Holy Orthodox Church and its tradition and inspired. In short, the Lord remains forever, while the designs of proud men, who are not liars, or so says San Diadochus appropriate: "There is nothing more than poor, of a mind that, without God, is in philosophies what is God. "
beloved children in the Lord,
At the time of the Holy and Great Lent, we urge you all not to have a fatherly fear or disinterest in advance the most important action of your life, the arena of spiritual things, with courage and with all the strength of mind, to purify the souls and bodies of impurities and obtain the kingdom of God, who also is offered from this present life, to those who seek Him in all sincerity and from the depths of the soul. The grace of God and His infinite mercy be with you all.
Holy and Great Lent 2011
& # 160; , & # 160; ; + Bartholomew of Constantinople
& # 160; & # 160; fervent intercessor before God for all of you
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