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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