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2014.03.09
hide behind those who were shepherds and apostles in the beginning, who were gathering for
the saints, for those who were poor because of the rich, for the poor in spirit but rich in grace,
faith and work so that they might be able to work for the Lord on the earth, and not for the
earth. We remind you of Judas the apostle, of the one who opened the purse to fall into it from
those who gave for the poor of the church and for the needs of the preaching of the cross, for
the Lord Word, Who became flesh and dwelt among us full grace and truth two thousand years
ago, as then, the kingdom of God came on earth which had to be preached by going to and fro,
and the apostle Judas took from the purse because he was a thief, and the Lord said to His
disciples: «One of you will betray Me. One of you is a devil». (See Matt: 26/21; John: 6/70)
Oh, shepherds of the church, grace and prayer with grace, this means Orthodoxy and it
means birth of sons born from above, from the word of God, and let them be sanctified and
good for heaven and let them be holy like the Lord, and anything else besides this means some-
thing else; it does not mean the kingdom of the Lord with the people. Oh, take great care what
kind of work you do in the name of the Lord, in the name of the Orthodoxy, for money spoils
everything in man; it spoils the man in his mind and faith and it spoils his fear of God. Oh, do
not exalt yourselves; do not boast that you are shepherd and that you stay over the church. The
hen keeps on cackling and lets it known that it has laid an egg in its nest, poor of it, but it does
not know whether any chicks will come out of its eggs, whether they are good for the seed of
chicks, whether they will be put or not put under a broody hen for the life to come out and for
the resurrection of the chicks that wait in the egg. The same is with the shepherd who announces
his work and his garment as shepherd without bringing forth fruit out of it to the Lord for the
heaven, for the man’s resurrection.
Oh, if all those who share with the Lord’s body and blood through the church, if all
these would be for the Lord as the Lord is for them, then there will be great salvation upon
them, but behold, the sons of the church do not love the Lord, but they love sin instead and they
love everything that is on earth. And here is a miracle from the Lord: the Lord is coming with
His saints on earth at the table of word; the Lord is coming with the fathers of the church and
they are speaking with the Lord and with His church on a Sunday day and on a day of memorial
of the right faith.
The Lord had used us on the earth for the fulfilling of His Gospel with us, and today He
is coming with us for the fulfilling of His coming with the saints, which He Himself proclaimed
it that it would be and that it would come.
The Lord is coming! Take heed, oh, take heed, sons of the Orthodoxy, but remember
you, shepherds of the flock. The Lord is coming! What answer will you give to Him?
Oh, come Lord, always come, come with the Your saints, for the people have spoiled the
entire order of Your house, and You have to work, and those in heaven have to work too! Come
Lord, come, for the Spirit and the bride say: Come! Amen.
— Yes, I come soon; I am coming, but behold, I have always come and prepared My
way for the great day of My coming and I am speaking the word on a Sunday, the word of
memorial of the right faith, and I am saying: greater punishment will have the Orthodox
people that do not go to church and do not keep all the traditions all the time, traditions
left by the fathers full of grace; they have greater punishment than those who wander
away in all the thorns, in all the sects, and they do not know to distinguish their right from
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