About fasting and almsgiving
Oh , sons , oh , sons , man had to be and keep himself as God ’ s paradise , for otherwise he does the will of his body , that is satan ’ s will , the evil enemy , who sneaked in paradise to make him fall from God and from paradise , and in order to draw him on the earth , to have him at his hand for his will in him . This is the picture of the man ’ s life on earth , oh , and what does man do , poor of him , after he had known that the Lord died for him and he does satan ’ s will and taste ?
I painfully sigh for the weakness of the man who had disobeyed God and I am telling him : Oh , man , when are you to pray to God to wash you from your sins , when , really ? I have among the heavenly armies , groups of saints who prayed their entire life for the Lord ’ s forgiveness , after they had known the Lord ’ s mercy for those who sinned and then they prayed to the Lord all their life for the forgiveness of their sins .
Man does not pray with a crushed heart so that his committed sins may be wiped out , and if he does not pray , it is because he likes to stay in sin , he likes to be with satan , who searches after man to feed his mind with sin and with the commitment of sin , so that God may not have any part in man .
Oh , man , keep away from sin , not from the sufferance from sin ! You need the fire of the Holy Spirit inside of you so that sin and its works may flee from you ! Sin makes you to pay , because it brings about sufferance , and you flee from the sufferance that comes from sin and do not flee from the sin that brings you sufferance .
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Sons , sons , on this Sunday , which has its being until the rising of the Monday sun , when the seven-week fasting season begins , so that it may be met then the Sunday of the feast of My Resurrection according to tradition , I am coming to put over the people of My word the blessing of the Father , of the Son and of the Holy Spirit to bring with it love , meekness , humility and consolation , peace and the spirit of speaking with God in a prayer of love all the time of the Christian fasting and then to come the feast of My resurrection , the memory of the day when I , the Lord , overcame through the cross , satan , the ruler of the world without God in this fleeting age .
Here is a little word with holy exhortation in it to you so that you may be good and holy , and to strengthen your steps on the way with Me bolder and more beautiful so that you may know how to appreciate My coming down to you and for you to bow before the Lord with more and more submission , because the Lord ’ s blessing is for those who are afraid of Him through obedience , sons , and you shall be obedient so that you may have part of God ’ s blessing over you , oh , sons .
I am not coming to put more burdens upon you , rather I am coming to give you holy powers for the time of the fasting , for you are the people of the Lord ’ s coming and you are set by God to eat monastic food all the time of the year , all the time , that is to have as your food , bread , vegetables , fruit , seeds , as I wanted to put Adam to fulfill in paradise
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What defiles a man , what enters or what comes out of him ?”,
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« God also said , ' Look , to you I give all the seed-bearing plants everywhere on the surface of the earth , and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit ; this will be your food . » ( Gen : 1 / 29 .)
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