Monday, July 27, 2015

Who is perfect?

 
Each person must bear the weaknesses of others. Who is perfect? Who can boast that he has kept his heart undefiled? Hence, we are all sick, and whoever condemns his brother does not perceive that he himself is sick, because a sick person does not condemn another sick person. 


Love, endure, overlook, do not get angry, do not flare up, forgive one another, so that you resemble our Christ and are counted worthy to be near Him in His kingdom. 

My children, avoid condemnation , it is a very great sin. God is greatly saddened when we condemn and loathe people. Let us concern ourselves only with our own faults—for these we should feel pain. Let us condemn ourselves and then we shall find mercy and grace from God.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona

Μέσα εις τας θλίψεις υπάρχει ο Χριστός και εις την ανάπαυσιν το πνεύμα του διαβόλου.


Μέσα εις τας θλίψεις υπάρχει ο Χριστός και εις την ανάπαυσιν το πνεύμα του διαβόλου. 

Εις αυτήν την τραγικήν δοκιμασίαν που επέρασεν ο Γέροντάς μου Ιωσήφ, πόσον ησθάνετο τον Χριστόν! Ενώ εις άλλους η ώρα της προσεγγίσεως του θανάτου προξενεί τρόμον και φόβον, αυτός τω έρωτι του Χριστού διετέλει. Τι θαύμα τούτο! «Ο Χριστός χθες και σήμερον ο αυτός και εις τους αιώνας» ( Εβρ. 13,8 ).

Γέροντας Εφραίμ της Αριζόνας