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Companions (Saint Nicholas Velimirovich)

Κατηγορίες: In English

The only companions of the soul in the next life are the person’s works, be they good or bad. Everything else which might be dear to them or valuable, are long gone. Only their works, down to the last one, accompany then on their departure from this life.

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‘If you Want to Enter Life, Keep the Commandments’ (Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian)

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The rich young man in today’s Gospel reading seems to have metaphysical concerns and considerable spiritual interests. His young heart burned for the sublime, the eternal, the things to come. He approached the Lord with zeal and with a genuine willingness to learn. A desire and flame had awakened within him which forced him to approach Christ and ask Him the following question: ‘Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ The Lord replies: ‘Why do you call me good, since you consider me to be a normal person? No-one’s completely good except God alone’. Thereafter Jesus reminds the young man of the commandments of the Law of Moses: don’t commit adultery, don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t bear false ...

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