About fasting and almsgiving
eating or the lack of eating brings the man before Me , but his holy life makes him the heir of the heaven on earth . Holy food for soul is needed in time of fasting . You have to read about the saints who have ruled well over the church . Less work done by hand is needed and much watching work is needed for fast and for the prayer for the forgiveness of the sins , as man is a bondservant of sin .
Oh , Christian people , Orthodox people , you should eat decently the food on the table during the time of fast and all the time , and you should not eat it with joy , for the flesh is against the spirit through fleshly desires , which come up to the soul , and man is used to rejoice over eating and over preparing his food to eat as well . When I submitted to the forty days and forty nights fast , after My Father ’ s will , during all that time I had been tempted and tested by satan , but in all that time I had remained gentle and humble , as it is required in days of fasting , but the fasting man does not know enough what true fasting is . David was king and he paid great attention when he was fasting and he said : « For Your words , Lord , I have kept harsh ways , so that my mouth may not speak the things of men ». The days of fasting are for those who are faithful after the truth , but the gentleness and the humility of the heart have to be the food of the fasting soul from the fleshly and human things and they have to be very nourishing for the heavenly things ; the fasting man needs much instruction so that the sacrifice for his salvation may be useful to him , and the saints have instruction given by Me to them for the Orthodox people , for the Christian according to the truth , as there is no longer My church on earth other than the Orthodoxy lived where it is still lived , that which is well kept under the Spirit of God and well kept by the human spirit , because otherwise the people may become corrupted , the dough goes bad and it is no longer good after that . Lying is a great lady on earth and the proud people have through it ; they have the boldness to bring within the reach of the people the false teaching in order to lead it to falsehood and that is why the Lord has had to come on earth as word ! Let no one wonder at My coming on earth as word now , for I am the Light of the world and I have to work over the darkness so that the way may be seen and the people may know it , for the valley which leads the man to God has been covered , and it has been covered by the lie which is called truth . However , I am coming and I am bringing light , and I have My dwelling place in the sun and I am as a Bridegroom coming out of His chamber , as it is written ; and the sun is like a strong man rejoicing to run its course . His going forth is from the end of the heavens and his circuit to its ends ; there is nothing hidden from his heat . The whole nature rejoices and exults at My light over the earth , with My river of word , which exhorts man . Amen .
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The saints and the fathers set a feast for the cross on earth , for the road to resurrection of the man who fasts from food forty days until the feast of My resurrection and his , if he wants it too , and now I am comforting , I am comforting with the glory of My word those who fast from food in the time of the seven weeks of fasting , and those who fast properly , as I , the Lord , left it by the saints and fathers by those who were prepared to serve the church and workers from the Holy Spirit upon it , to those I am giving now , at the midway , My comfort by the word and as two thousand years ago , I am saying to them : « He who loses his life for My sake and for My Gospel , will find it ». ( See also Matt : 10 / 39 )
Oh , what sin , what great sin are doing at this time those who sell meat , drinks and forbidden food for the time for which is written fasting upon it ! There are not priests and
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