About the carved image ( icon ) and the sign of the cross
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Behold , sons , the land sighs even from the coldness of the Christian ’ s soul , who is supposed to receive from the Lord the teaching for life and for the work of life . Oh , learn the love of God and learn it by obedience , you , those who have from the Lord His voice of Shepherd , Who gives you . Oh , man works for the care and for the food of his body with the gardening tools which are : hoe , harrow , sickle , spade , scythe , man ’ s hand , and for the care and for food for his soul man works with the spiritual tools such as : cross , book , prayer , holy water , anaphora , holy communion , prophecies , and all have their mystery with man , the tools for the soul , for the caring of the soul and the Lord in man . The book of prayer and teaching , the cross , which you kiss and hold tight at your bosom , the cross , which you sprinkle with tears of longing and repentance , all your things have their story , your story , and that is why you should have your book , your behavior on its face , your wooden cross , the lamp stand and candle , the holy water from your spring , and over everything the mystery between you and them to lay down , and your book of prayer needs to have signs on it from the story of your life with it , and it with you , and I want to see this ; I want to see that you appreciate , that you love and keep like the treasure of your soul the tools with which you feed your soul , the vessels of which your soul eats , the ornaments of your body .
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Oh , sons , against the death of the soul and the torment that comes after that , you have to fight against the body and the devil all the time , you have to fight against sleep , you must overcome hunger , and hunger is not only that which comes from the food you eat , but especially is the hunger after yourself , after pleasures , after desires and their temporariness , and for all the sins of life one must always repent , he must always have tears of hope and not without hope . Oh , repent deeply from all that you have done against God in you and with you ! If you may try to forget all that you have done wrong , then this is seen , oh , sons , when man does this . Then , when does man repent and when does he atone his sins with tears , oh , when ?
Oh , sons , many believe that they love Me , that they give Me their heart , that they rejoice Me and glorify My name , but these forget with how many sins they hurt Me , with how many nails they pin Me by their life far from My holiness in man , and these know nothing about the love of God , for it is only sufferance , only longing to the end , only a grieving expectation by longing , a struggling life for My dwelling in man , for holiness all the time , oh , and only then can it be about the love of God and about His praise coming from the heart and mouth of the holy one and full of repentance in all his time on earth .
Oh , sons whoever has no part of sufferance , trials , defamations , persecutions , shortcomings , great humility , someone like that flies into sin and violates the holiness I have required from man who bears his cross in his mind , heart and body under the cross , sons . Therefore , I said that those who want to come after Me must take up their cross and follow Me with obedience , always with humility , always with self-denial , and this is the cross , and without this no one is able to love God and eternity with Him .
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