Have a Blessed Day
Pray for my weakness
Fr. Antonious Abba Moses
They Are All Unclean, They are All Pure..
At the end of a Youth meeting at St. George's Church (Sporting, Alexandria), a young man who came to the meeting for the first time came and said to me seriously, "This is the first time in my life that I long for a confession." As I welcomed him, he said to me, I want to lead a pure life, but I am enable to. "Why?". I replied. "Because it is impossible to find a young man without a sinful relationship with the other sex!", the young man said.
"How come? Many are pure." "If you weren't wearing that black robe, you would find out that al of these young people are at night clubs doing evil. All of them are unclean." "All of them?"
"I say all of them because there is no man who can live without a sexual relationship."
Then I started talking to him about the possibility of God in a man's life. Concerning pure living, I gave him practical examples from the Holy Bible, the history of the church, and examples of contemporary youths. "Do you think that I can lead a pure life?" he asked.
"This is the work of Jesus Christ within you by His Holy Spirit. "What can I do? I love sin."
"Every morning and every night I ask to Jesus Christ, "Is life with You better than sin? I want to live in purity with You." A few weeks later the young man came back with the same seriousness saying, "Do you remember me?"
"Yes," I said, "I remember you."
"I want to tell you, " he said," that all these young people are pure, I don't think that there is one among them who is not."
"How come? Didn't you say a few weeks ago that all of them are unclean?"
"When my heart was unclean, I thought that it was impossible that a young man could live clean. But, now after my experience of purity in Jesus Christ, I don't think that any person can live in the mud of impurity. I see all of them enjoying purity and chastity and how they hate corruption." This is a real story that I present to each believer, so that he may experience for himself the richness of our Christ's grace who gives us His righteousness and who fills our heart with love.
Today’s Synaxarium: 11 Amshir 1728
· Martyrdom of St. Fabian (Fabrianus), Pope of Rome
Today we will read chapter 53 from the book of Psalm at 10:00 PM, May God bless.
+ سنكسار اليوم: 11 أمشير 1728
· نياحة البابا يوأنس الثالث عشر ال 94
· استشهاد القديس فابيانوس بابا روما
آية اليوم: أنا هو الراعي الصالح، والراعي الصالح يبذل نفسه عن الخراف (يوحنا11:10)
حكمة اليوم : لا تقل كل ما تفكر فيه .. ولكن فكر في كل ما تقول
أقوال الآباء : قال الأب مقاريوس : «داوم ذكرَ الاسم القدوس، اسم ربنا يسوع المسيح، فهذه هي الجوهرةُ التي من أجلِها باع التاجرُ الحكيمُ كلَّ أهويةِ قلبِهِ واشتراها، وأخذها إلى داخلِ بيتِهِ فوجدها أحلى من العسلِ والشهدِ في فمِهِ. فطوبى لذلك الإنسان الذي يحفظُ هذه الجوهرةَ في قلبِهِ فإنها تعطيه مكافأةً عظيمةً في مجدِ ربِنا يسوع المسيح
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