The purpose
of human beings is to reach Sainthood
We were born
and came to the world with a destination and a purpose: To become Saints.
Therefore, wherever we are, whatever we are doing, we must exercise and work on
our holiness. In this life, with the help of God, we can achieve Holiness. “Be holy, for I am holy.” the apostle Peter
quotes in his First Epistle (1 Peter 1:16) a well-known command of God to His
people (Leviticus 11:44–45; 19:2; 20:7). If we fail, we demonstrate our
aversion of God, and our life then degrades and becomes the joy and delight of
the demons. We live in difficult and dangerous times and because of that we
should take the opportunity to, at least, give to God our will and our
volition. Our Lord in return will give us our salvation. Thus, the person who
has a volition that leads to God, feels the Grace of God within himself and
throughout the whole Creation. And even though this person is still on earth,
he is able to taste already something from the joy of Paradise.
From the
homily: “A Few Flowers from The garden of Saint John of Sinai” by Archimandrite
Chrysostom.
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