Hands of Christ alive almost all icons - Scripture Scroll: Lord, Mr. History, Lamb Locked, Crucified and Risen - He is the only one who can open all the seals, because he is in us and we are in it. In the light of Easter, our reading of life should be more and more covered by reading the Scriptures. The Lord wants to "open our mind to understanding" events, give us the ability to see his living presence in all of our death, because death is defeated by him. "Do not be afraid, I was dead, but here I am alive in the eyelids" (Rev. 1: 17-18).

In the book of Nehemiah, it is described that after returning from the 70-year-old Babylonian captivity of the Godsborated people, the priest of the face reads the Scripture, forgotten over the years of expulsion. And all from the sunrise until noon hesitate to him with tears, in which the joy of finding the law of God of God is mixed with sadness about their infidelity, which caused this captivity after a long period of separation, betrayal and useless compromises with ambitious paganism.

Oh, if today our people after their no less long and no less terrible captivity could return to the hearing of the word life! However, everything is done to deprive him of this opportunity not only physically, but the most important thing is to be done incapable of perceiving the highest truth. And we, Christians, are given, by the grace of God, stand in the temples and listen, as if for all, the gospel of the Gospel. We listen to this word with humility and gratitude to the one who appeals personally to each of us. Truly, we must listen to the gospel, as if the Lord himself was present here and spoke with us. Let Nobody say: Blessed, who could see him. Because many of those who have seen him, participated in his crucifix, and many of those who have not seen, believed in it. The same words that proceeded from the mouth of the Lord are captured in writing to survive for us.

Is it possible to love someone without knowing it? Dedicate every day, at least a little time, reading the gospel with a prayer, it means to begin to gradually know and see Christ, just as you saw his apostles. He himself - in these words, fulfilled wisdom, compassion for the misfortune of sinners, holy anger and hardness towards the Deltsi from religion, patient care about students who often do not understand the meaning of his words. It is difficult to love the Lord, to truly learn him, without listening to the Word of God, without reading the Holy Gospel - at least a few minutes every day.

Before you start reading the gospel for the divine service, the priest or deacon says: "And about the advantage of the hearing of the Holy Gospel of the Lord God of Molim." And what a prayer prays before this priest: "Essay in the hearts of our, people's humanity, your unprecedented light." And further: "Wisdom, sorry. Hear the Holy Gospel. Peace to all ". And reading is completed, as it starts, our answer: "Glory, you, Lord, thank you." How do we pay glory and praise to the Lord? Words and affairs, our life? Or immediately forget about this word, making it barren? What exile from God's face will follow after that for us? - Must than Babylon. And in our Fatherland, we, our whole people, we can be in the worst than Babylon, captivity. The great enemy of God in the world - ignorance of the most important thing; Spiritual ignorance is the reason and root of all the troubles and evils, poisoning peoples and leading to the confusion of human souls. Ignorance, aggravated by the powerful organized impact of television and the media, allegedly objectively, without God highlighting what is happening in life. How many great people who name themselves with Orthodox Christians suffer spiritual defeat, becoming easy to get the enemy, - only due to the lack of solid knowledge of their faith. For ignorance it is misconception, the emptiness is filled with black. What can be sadness when the ignorance of the Words of God makes the world unable to accept the salvation of Christ offered to him!

Hands of Christ alive almost all icons - Scripture Scroll: Lord, Mr. History, Lamb Locked, Crucified and Risen - He is the only one who can open all the seals, because he is in us and we are in it. In the light of Easter, our reading of life should be more and more covered by reading the Scriptures. The Lord wants to "open our mind to understanding" events, give us the ability to see his living presence in all of our death, because death is defeated by him. "Do not be afraid, I was dead, but here I am alive in the eyelids" (Rev. 1: 17-18).

In the book of Nehemiah, it is described that after returning from the 70-year-old Babylonian captivity of the Godsborated people, the priest of the face reads the Scripture, forgotten over the years of expulsion. And all from the sunrise until noon hesitate to him with tears, in which the joy of finding the law of God of God is mixed with sadness about their infidelity, which caused this captivity after a long period of separation, betrayal and useless compromises with ambitious paganism.

Oh, if today our people after their no less long and no less terrible captivity could return to the hearing of the word life! However, everything is done to deprive him of this opportunity not only physically, but the most important thing is to be done incapable of perceiving the highest truth. And we, Christians, are given, by the grace of God, stand in the temples and listen, as if for all, the gospel of the Gospel. We listen to this word with humility and gratitude to the one who appeals personally to each of us. Truly, we must listen to the gospel, as if the Lord himself was present here and spoke with us. Let Nobody say: Blessed, who could see him. Because many of those who have seen him, participated in his crucifix, and many of those who have not seen, believed in it. The same words that proceeded from the mouth of the Lord are captured in writing to survive for us.

Is it possible to love someone without knowing it? Dedicate every day, at least a little time, reading the gospel with a prayer, it means to begin to gradually know and see Christ, just as you saw his apostles. He himself - in these words, fulfilled wisdom, compassion for the misfortune of sinners, holy anger and hardness towards the Deltsi from religion, patient care about students who often do not understand the meaning of his words. It is difficult to love the Lord, to truly learn him, without listening to the Word of God, without reading the Holy Gospel - at least a few minutes every day.

Before you start reading the gospel for the divine service, the priest or deacon says: "And about the advantage of the hearing of the Holy Gospel of the Lord God of Molim." And what a prayer prays before this priest: "Essay in the hearts of our, people's humanity, your unprecedented light." And further: "Wisdom, sorry. Hear the Holy Gospel. Peace to all ". And reading is completed, as it starts, our answer: "Glory, you, Lord, thank you." How do we pay glory and praise to the Lord? Words and affairs, our life? Or immediately forget about this word, making it barren? What exile from God's face will follow after that for us? - Must than Babylon. And in our Fatherland, we, our whole people, we can be in the worst than Babylon, captivity. The great enemy of God in the world - ignorance of the most important thing; Spiritual ignorance is the reason and root of all the troubles and evils, poisoning peoples and leading to the confusion of human souls. Ignorance, aggravated by the powerful organized impact of television and the media, allegedly objectively, without God highlighting what is happening in life. How many great people who name themselves with Orthodox Christians suffer spiritual defeat, becoming easy to get the enemy, - only due to the lack of solid knowledge of their faith. For ignorance it is misconception, the emptiness is filled with black. What can be sadness when the ignorance of the Words of God makes the world unable to accept the salvation of Christ offered to him!

The well-known Serbian researcher of the canonical law Bishop Nicodemia (Milash) wrote in his interpretation of the 19th Rules of the VI of the Ecumenical Cathedral as follows: "St. Scripture is the Word of God, which opens to people by the will of God ... "And St. Ignatius (Bryanchanin) said:

"... read the gospel with extreme reverence and attention. It is not considered anything unavailable, low-cost viewing. Each iota is eating a ray of life. Neglect of life - death. "

One author wrote about a small entrance to Liturgy: "The Gospel is a symbol of Christ. The Lord appeared in the world of bodyborn, in the middle. He goes to the sermon, on his earthly ministry and is here among us. The terrible and majestic action is committed - among us apparently noticeable - God. From this spectacle, the holy angels of Heaven will be sainted in the reverent thrill. And you, human, taste this great mystery and the chapter chapter before it. "

Based on the foregoing, it is necessary to understand that the Holy Gospel is the main book of mankind in which life has been concluded for people. It contains Divine Truths leading to salvation. And it itself is a source of life - the word performed truly by the strength and wisdom of the Lord.

The gospel is the voice of Christ himself. In the symbolic and spiritual sense, the Savior says with us in the symbolic and spiritual sense. We seemed to be transferred in time on the blooming Galilene Plains and become eyewitnesses the words incarnate. And he says not only the universal and in short, in general, but also specifically to each of us. The gospel is not just a book. This is a life for us, this is a rod of living water and a source of life. It is at the same time the law of God, by humanity for salvation, and the secret committed salvation. When reading the gospel of the soul, the human joins with God and resurrect in it.

It is not by chance that the word "Evangelios" is translated from the Greek as "good news." This means that the grace of the Holy Spirit in the world has opened a new news-truth: God came to save mankind to Earth, and "God has become a man so that the person becomes God," said Saint Athanasius Alexandria in the IV century. The Lord reconciled with a man, he again healed him and opened him the road to the kingdom of heaven.

And reading either listening to the gospel, we get up on this heavenly vertical road and go to her paradise. That's what the gospel is.

Therefore, it is very important to read the new covenant every day. Under the Council of the Holy Fathers, we need to include the reading of the Holy Gospel and the "Apostle" (Acts of the Holy Apostles, the Cathedral Messages of the Apostles and the Fourteen Messages of the St. Paul's Holy Apostle) in their celon (home) prayer rule. The following sequence is usually recommended: two chapters "Apostle" (some read one chapter) and one head of the Gospel per day.

In my opinion, based on personal experience, I want to say that it is more convenient to read the sacred Scripture in order, that is, from the first chapters to the latter, and then return. Then the person will have a holistic picture of the gospel narration, the feeling and understanding of its continuity, causal relationships.

It is also necessary that the reading of the gospel does not seem to read the felting literature of the "foot behind the leg, comfortably setting in the chair". Still, this should be a prayer homemade official act.

Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskaya in his book "The Law of God" recommends reading the sacred writer standing, once in front of reading and three after.

There are special prayers pronounced before and after reading the New Testament.

"Ascension in the hearts of our, people's humanity, your aisle is rawless light, and the mental openings of the eyes, in the gospel of your preachies, in which the blessed of your commandments are inherent in us and the blessed of your commandments, and the carnation of lusts are all right, the spiritual residence will pass, all, Lazz Yours and the wonderful and broadly. You bless you enlighten the souls and the televisions of ours, Christ, God, and you weeping, with the original father and all, and good, and the life-giving spirit, now and are confused, and forever. Amen". Her secretly reads the priest during the Divine Liturgy before reading the Holy Gospel. It is also placed after the 11th Cafe Psalter.

The prayer of St. John of Zlatoust: "Lord Jesus Christ, cordial her ears, hear the word yours, and understand and create your will, Yako, I am on the Earth: Not Spearly from Men's Commandments, but I am completely opening my eyes, and understand wonders from your law; Tell me Slave, and the secret wisdom is yours. I think about it, my God, yes, the intelligence of your mind and the meaning of the mind of your mind is not the credit of honor written, but also you are doing, yes, I will not read the sin to the Saints and I will read the literature, but in the update, and enlightenment, and in the shrine, and in Saving the soul, and in the heritage of life eternal. Yako you are an enlightenment lying in darkness and you have any gift for the benefit and every gift perfectly. Amen".

The prayer of St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninova), read before and after reading the Holy Scriptures: "Save, Lord, and the surveillance of your slaves (names) in the words of the Divine Gospel, what are yours about salvation of your slave. They fell, Lord, terrious all their sins, and yes the grace of yours, which purifies, sanctifying the whole person in the name of the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit arranges in them. Amen".

As the last one from myself I will add that it is also read with the addition of chapter from the Holy Gospel in some sore thieves or trouble. At his own experience, I was convinced that he helps himself very much. And the merciful Lord relieves all the circumstances and trouble. Some fathers recommend reading this prayer with the Evangelical chapter every day.

These are "conversations on the Gospel of Matthew" of St. John of Zlatoust; Interpretation on the Gospel of the Blessed Feofilakt Bulgarian; "Interpretation of the Gospel" B. I. Gladkov, highly appreciated by the Holy Route John Kronstadt; Proceedings of Archbishop Averkia (Tausheva), Metropolitan of Veniamine (Pushkar), the Clean Bible of the Old and New Testaments of Alexander Lopukhin, other writings.
Fit, brethren and sisters, hearts, "shards and eager truths", to a pure life-minded Spring Spring Spring. Without him, the soul is doomed to withering and spiritual death. She blooms with him, like a paradise flower, which is verbally wonderfully moisture, worthy of the kingdom of heaven.

Then a certain leg came up to Jesus, and, I craved him, asked, saying: Teacher! What is the greatest commandment in law? Jesus told him: Laman your Lord God of yours With all your heart, yours and all the souls of yours and all the understanding of yours: this is the first and the greatest commandment; The second one similar to it: Love your neighbor, like yourself; In this two commandments, the entire law and prophets are approved. When Pharisees gathered, Jesus asked them: What do you think about Christ? Whose son is he? They tell him: Davidov. He tells them: How do David, according to inspiration, calls him the Lord, when he says: the Lord said to my Lord: Song we are onesnaire, to put your enemies in your foot? So, if David calls him the Lord, how is he son him? And no one could answer him a word; And from that day, no one was bold to ask him.

In this gospel, we are talking about the secret of love, about our responsibility in the use of holy words. Such as the word "love". On the eve of the sufferings of Christ, on the eve of the Cross of the Lord, when the high priests, scribes and the Pharisees, the experts of the Holy Scriptures, start to the Lord, trying to catch him. And one of them, of these lawnists-theologian, asks the Lord, what kind of commandment is the greatest. Maybe not everyone knows that the scribes taught that if you carefully study the law, then it can consist of 613 commandments. 248 of them are affirmative, that is, speaking about what needs to be done, and the remaining 365 - negative, warning, what to do not aboutlie.

What does Christ think about this? A professor of theology is drawn to him, and we do not hear the intonation of his voice - he refers to Christ or with a triumphant mockery. If the Lord will raise one commandment, he is immerse from others, and all the commandments are equivalent before God, they say. And Christ speaks of love, not because this commandment excludes others, but because it includes all the commandments.

Christ does not oppose love by law, but it shows what the greatest commandment is hidden inside the law, which treasure is stored in his depth. All the law and the prophets say, they say they are approved on these two commandments. This means that all the Scriptures are deprived of meaning - all commandments - if there is no love in them, at least aspiration for love.

We know how the Word of God tells us about love. Indeed, our God is love. Everything in the world - both the sky, and the Earth, not only the law and the prophets - is approved for love. Remove the law of love, and everything will crumble. All the prophets talk about love and alive with love, because only the love of vigor. Only love can see what is happening here on Earth, and in eternity. And only love makes legitimate relations between people. And nothing is in our faith True and Orthodox, if there is no love in the first place.

Holy Fathers say that love is the main fortress. Only in it can gain the safety of the Histority of Christ, that is, we seeking the Lord. Love is the most important secret of man. What is a person? This is a creature created by God for love. And therefore so hated Satan man.

Short and sweet word "love." Sweet, like "Jesus the Sweet", as the name of God sweet. In love - the fulfillment of the entire law, and the Igo Commandments with love is truly easy. The Lord says: "Take my google on myself" - and if we were learning among this terrible world to walk with this ancient and forever new way, then here, on earth, we will "find peace of our souls."

And so, we hear in the Gospel today, as scribes and the Pharisees, Old Testament theologians, silent after such an answer of the Savior. And he, in turn, asks them his question: "What do you think about Christ, whose son is he?" The question, the answer to which he was known was best, because they repeated several times in Catechism every day that Christ is the son of David. This, in the end, Periprase "The Son of David - Anointed", that is, Christ. Therefore, it is not difficult for them to answer the question of the Savior.

But if Christ is the son of David, asks their Lord, then why David calls him the Lord? We can all read it in 109 Psalm. And it is clear that the answer they give is insufficient, inadequate. In fact, when what father appealed to his son as to the Lord? And for those who do not know the divinity of Christ, it can not be absurd.

Therefore, they are silent - they do not know what to answer the Lord. Or silent, because in dishthearts they do not want to recognize the Messiah God. So far gone their theology, that they are like to Satan himself, who quotes the Holy Scripture.

And for us, who know God, the answer is by the gift of God, by the gift of Christ love, by the gift of the Holy Spirit, as well as it was the spirit of the saints given to David to profess Christ the Lord - the answer is absolutely clear. How God is Christ the Lord for David, and as a man is the son of David. The fact that he is the son of David, you can learn by studying the pedigrees, and the fact that he is, impossible to comprehend any mind.

Exactly, the Lord is our Jesus Christ - the Lord for David, we can comprehend that he is the son of David. To comprehend the secret of His Divine Exposure, the secret of his love when he becomes a man when he takes the whole path of human to the end, to the death of the godfather.

The Lord overshadows the mouth of these falseblashoslov, "and from that day, as the Gospel says," none of them asked him anything. " I did not dare to ask him. Of course, it would be possible to ask about many things if the same question was as a matter of different. Because if they were looking for the truth, hearing it, they would also ask more questions, and they would ask the most important question: what should we do to be saved? But since the purpose of them was different, they moved away from him.

What does the Word of God tell us today? The fact that all Christians are designed without exception to be theologians, not inferior to any book theologians. Because they are acknowledged by the same anointing, as Christ was anointed - the Holy Spirit in the gift of Christ, as the gift of his cross, by the gift of his love for us. Our word about God will be only true when we have love to the Lord. There are two ways to study theology. One exterior knowledge, book. Books need to read, everyone who can accommodate how much, but there is another way - this is when our life, consonted from the most important secret of Christ, with his cross, with his love, comprehends incomprehensible for any mind.

What do you think about Christ? - The Lord asks, in the end, every person. Because every person (not only Christians) speaks his word about God. Some do not think about it at all, even Christian theologians can not think anything about him. Others can diminish his honor and dignity. We know what heretics were in the Church of Christ and which donne is. Thirds may be angry configured against him, like these theologians scribes. And so every person, one way or another, turns out to be theologian.

For those who believe in Christ, the Lord is precious. And what they think of Christ is precious. Whether it is humble fishermen of the apostles. The apostle John Theologian is his gospel, his apocalypse, his messages - all the light of the Holy Spirit and Love Divine. Or Rev. Siluan Athossky, whose memory has recently been done, is a simple Tambov peasant who writes such amazing words about God. And day, and night crying his soul about Christ and that other people do not think about it, and therefore lose everything and die.

Today, the Holy Church warns us against external aicast, not because it is bad, but because there is a danger of the so-called intellectualism, when everyone is passed only through the head, and not through the soul and heart. Such theologians can be very educated people, they can speak very well, but the most important thing is not in their word. On the one hand, there is a danger of the theological ignorance, on the other - the bold attempt to know the truth in one mind.

We should always remember that the main thing that defines our thought, our spirit and our confession of faith is to worship the Cross of Christ. If it is genuinely, the love of God opens, we give us the grace of the Holy Spirit, through which we know all the secrets of life - and who was and there are, and in the eyelids will be our Messiah Christ.

Today we see this completeness and intactness of the confession of the truth according to the host, recently glorified, new martyrs and Russian confessors. In addition, the set of saints of God, which are all depicted with the cross. Each of them holds in the cross all the secret of theology, the whole secret of the one who is Christ and in humanity, and in the Divine, and the admission of this theology. And we must see the fame that our church stores, and be worthy of this glory, this theology.

And once again say: it is ridiculous to think that someone here seems to oppose the external knowledge. But only love can be comprehended why David calls Christ the Lord. Only the grace of the cross, when we all our life we \u200b\u200bbring him worship.

The cross is what the truth and love are connected, because we know how many love die in the world without truth. Cross is the wise book, which one can read. Who does not know this book, that ignoramus, even if he knows all the Holy Scriptures. Genuine theologians are only those who love this book, they learn from her, deepen into it. All is bitter, which is in this book, will never be sufficient for someone who wants to satisfy her sweetness, because this sweetness is Christ's truth and love.

Saturday 33rd weeks in Pentecost

(1SOL.5: 14-23; LK.17: 3-10)

Gospel of the Holy Apostle Luke, Chapter 17, Poems 3-10:

3 Watch out. If your brother's brother will be sinned against you, say him; And if he shifts, forgive him;
4 and if seven times a day will sin against you and send it seven times a day, and say: I repent, - forgive him.
5 And the apostles said to the Lord: Multiply faith in us.
6 The Lord said: If you had faith with a grain mustard and told this figure: to delete and transplant into the sea, she would have obeyed you.
7 Which of you, having a slave of a fashing or grazing, on returning it from the field, will tell him: go rather, sit at the table?
On the contrary, whether it will not say to him: cook me dinner and, rejoice, serve me, while I will eat and drink, and then eat and drink yourself?
9 Will he be happy to thank this that he performed orders? I do not think.
10 So you, when you fulfill all those who have commanded, say: we are slaves worthless, because they did what they had to do.

1st Message of the Apostle Paul to Solunanam, Chapter 5, Poems 14 - 23:

14 I also beg you, brethren, do you feel unreasonable, comfortably, maintain the weak, be long-sensitive to everyone.
15 See who anyone did not give evil for evil; But always look for good and each other and everyone.
16 Always rejoice.
17 Mustaintly pray.
18 Thank you for all: for such a Will of God in Christ Jesus.
19 Spirit do not fade.
20 Prophecies do not deteriorate.
21 All be tested, hold good.
22 Hold against all kinds of evil.
23 The very same God of the world will sanctifies you in the entire fullness, and your spirit and soul and body are all possible and will continue without a vice in the coming. 24 Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Feofilat Bulgarian. Interpretation on the Gospel of Luke

(LC. 17: 3-10.) LK.17: 3. Watch out.

The Lord warns the disciples: "Watch out for him." Here, "says," I first raise you that evil comes, do not be responsible. For evil must come, but there is no need to die if you are careful and armared. It is necessary to come wolf, but if the shepherd is awake, there is no need to die sheep, and the wolf should leave with an empty zev. The Lord said this about the seductors and those who harm the sermons, that is, impede. Because there is a great difference between them, for some are non-presides as the Pharisees, and others are healing as the brothers of the Lord in relation to the very Lord, for they did not believe in him (John 7: 5).

If your brother's brother will be sinned against you, say him; And if he shifts, forgive him;

So, since a great difference between preventing the sermons, for some of them could be some and one-in, then the Lord says: "If ... Your brother ... will sin against you," you will say to him by alone, and "if she listens to him, You ... I purchased it, "if it does not listen, take with you another or two," and so on that the evangelist Mattheck (MF.18: 15-17) depicted extensively, and the Evangelist of Luke was silence as already said Evangelical Matfey. Who listened to the reprimand, that expensive forgiveness; And who does not listen, that "yes it will ... to you as a pagan and mytar, that is, the grip and not fit to be called brother.

LK.17: 4. And if seven times a day will sin against you and send it seven times a day, and say: I repent, - forgive him.

Then, as if who said: Let him, Lord! You are well distinguished; But what to do with those who have received forgiveness many times and harms again? The Lord says: if he shifts again, forgive him. And yet: "If ... and seven times a day will turn, ... forgive him." And the word "seven times a day" was delivered here instead of the word "repeatedly", like in the expression: "Even fruitless creates seven times" (1 sir.2: 5). So how many times he will show, so many times must forgive him. And do not think that the Lord believes the number, how many times to forgive, but, as I said before, "Seven times a day" understand instead of "multiple" and countlessly. We speak in a regular conversation: in such a city of Darkness (ten thousand) inhabitants, but we say not because it is in fact ten thousand inhabitants, because they can be more in it, but instead of calling the city Very crowded, we say that there are ten thousand inhabitants. And that "seven times a day" is used in that sense, it is seen from the Gospel of Matthew (MF.18: 21-22). For there, when Peter said: Lord, should I forgive him (my brother my) up to seven times? The Lord said; Not "up to seven, but to the saddemide seventy time," having denoted countless times.

LK.17: 5. And the apostles said to the Lord: Multiply faith in us.

The Apostles believed in the Lord, however, having come into the consciousness of their weakness, realizing that the Lord said about something great, and, having heard about the danger from the temptations, they ask for the power of faith to be multiplied in them so that through her they could fulfill that What he said, that is, relative to incubation. For nothing is so strengthens in an incubation, as a faith in God and a hard hope for him, as well as nothing has so much to pick up treasures, as a disbelief that God is a great treasurers (treasurer), and his goodness is an inexhaustible treasury; Moreover, with faith, they can resist temptations. Therefore, the apostles start the Lord and say: "Multiply faith in us," that is, Javi we are perfect and solidity in faith.

LK.17: 6. The Lord said: If you had faith with a grain mustard and told this figure: to delete and transplant into the sea, she would have obeyed you.

The Lord, showing them that the request is good and that they need to firmly contain the idea that faith has great strength, says: if you had faith, you would transize this figure. Here are two great things, it is: what rooted in the ground, then, first of all, would move from their own place, and secondly, it would be transplant to the sea. And what can be planted in water? Obviously, by the words of the Lord shows the strength of faith. Perhaps someone in a figurative sense under the "figuction" will intelligence the devil, as he invented the eternal worm for us and nourishes it to them by the thoughts; For the smooth leaves feed the worms from which silk threads are. So and this smear faith can eradicate from the heart of human and throw in the sea, that is, to overthrow in the abyss.

LK.17: 7. Which of you, having a slave pissing or grazing, after returning it from the field, will tell him: go rather, sitting at the table?
LK.17: 8. On the contrary, will not say to him: cook me dinner and, riding, serve me, while I will eat and drink, and then eat and drink yourself?
LK.17: 9. Will he be happy to thank this that he performed orders? I do not think.
LK.17: 10. So you, when you fulfill all those who have commanded, say: we are not worthwhile, because they did, what should have done.

Having said this about faith, the Lord sticks up and other very necessary doctrine. What? The doctrine that should not be proud of perfections. Since faith makes a lot and containing it prevents the Contractor of the Commandments, decorating it with Sez and the Wonderfulness, and from this man can easily fall in arrogance; Therefore, the Lord warns the apostles not to be extodied by perfections, presenting a wonderful example. "Who," says, is from you having a slave "and so on. This parable is declared that there should be no perfection, nor even the fulfillment of all commandments. For the slave is the necessary duty to fulfill the orders of Mr., however, the execution of them should not be accompanied into perfection. For if the slave does not do, he is worthy of wounds; And when I did, let it be content with what I escaped the Russian Academy of Sciences, and should not require payment for it. For pay him, especially to give something, depends on the generosity of Mr. So, God does not have to extol, if you fulfill the commandments, for he did nothing great. On the contrary, if he did not fulfill, he would be grief, as the apostle said: "I have grief, if not gone!" (1 Cor.9: 16). Equally, if he received a talent, he should not be marked, because the talent is given to him in the grace of God, and not because the Vladyka was supposed to him. For a special slave duty, in relation to his Mr., to fulfill all his orders. If we should not think about yourself anything great and then when we observe all the commandments, what we happen when we do not fulfill the small part of the commandments of God, and even proud of? Pay attention to the expression of parables, which was previously delivered by the "pissing", and then fistened by the "grazing". For, to anyone, before, before you need to cultivate the land, and then take into my hands and pastoral position. Who has redeemed their flesh, as if what land, it is worth to be for the other shepherd. For who does not know how to manage their own home, as it should, how will he be sought about the church (1Tim.3: 5)? So, before, earned yourself, and then already other passes, like the Prophet Jeremiah, said: "Scroll to yourself new Niva" (Ier.4: 3), and then enlighten yourself the light of the mind than the most important part of the pastoral position is denoted.

Modern comments
(LK.17: 3-10)

Archpriest Pavel Giantov

Three topics of today's reading seem to do with each other are not connected. The first topic - about limitless readiness to forgive the sinned against you; The second topic is a request for the multiplication of faith and testimony of Christ about the strength of even the smallest faith, and, finally, the third topic is a parable about the employee and the owner. To understand the inner connection between these seemingly individual narratives, it is necessary to answer one question: why do I need faith apostles?

A strange question - you will say. After all, faith is a key virtue in religious life. "No faith is impossible to please God" - is not it? That's right, but there is one small nuance. The apostles talk about multiplying faith after the words of Jesus that forgiveness should be unconditional - and here the apostles understand: no, it is already busting. Well, forgive seven times for the day of the same person - this is something over the edge of the possible. And as a way out of such a situation, they see in a significant increase in faith - at which it seems to them, it is quite possible to cope with the task of forgiveness.

The answer of Christ seems very extraordinary. After all, in fact, he says to them: it would be possible to multiply! You do not even understand what you are talking about: you think that faith you have, it is necessary only a little "enlarge" - and in fact it is with faith as such you have very big problems! But why? Because for the Apostles Vera is a spiritual instrument by which you can seek high goals. This is a means, not a goal. However, in the parable, which followed this brief speech of faith, Jesus puts everything in its place.

In the parable, we see that all the ministry of the slave Mr. is his life. He does not "earn" some kind of praise or gratitude: he is entirely "embedded" into the life of the host house, and this is a holistic ministry without regard, which he will receive for it, and there is the only proper work of the slave. Transferring this image to our life, it is not difficult to understand: God is looking for non-market relations with a person, but family, sincere, like the closest family members. The situation when the child will not wash the dishes if he does not promise a candy - abnormal. And here the case is not at all in disobedience or children's egocentrism: just this little man has no feeling of a family as a holistic organism, in which the general state depends on each of them. If you did not wash the dishes, when it could well mean, thereby shifted this task on the shoulders of the other. But if, on the contrary, you did this business - naively expect some kind of award - because you yourself and there is a "welfare" of the results of this kind deed as a member of the family.

That is why the parable ends strange at first glance with words about the absence of any guarantees of salvation. Christ calls for everyone to work for the cultivation of faith, fulfilling the commandments - but at the same time not to expect the emergence of some exclusive relationship from God. Why? Yes, because as soon as the family begins to allocate someone from the children - the harmony of the family begins to crack on the seams. If "loves" appears - it means others inevitably become "adult". God, as an unconditional Loving Father, does not change his attitude towards his children, depending on their behavior: he loves everyone completely, even though this love may not meet not that understanding - but even the desire to take it.

In today's Gospel, Christ calls us to an incredible relationship with God: to feel like full members of the Divine Family, feel your kinship with each other - and throw off the temptations to use from the head - instead of serve one another!

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Priest Dmitry Baritsky

All while while the apostles accompanied the Savior in his wanders, they argued, which of them would take in the future the kingdom of the Messiah better, closer to the king. Obviously, for them the opportunity to be near Christ was associated with the authorities and superiority over other people. Instead of serving neighbor, they want to dominate him. That is why in a passage that we heard today, the Savior indicates its disciples an important principle that should be based on a healthy spiritual life.

In order to turn into a tyrant for another person, it is not necessary to wear a crown on the head, sit on the throne surrounded by hundreds of thugs and keep the hostages of relatives and close unfortunate. You can simply stubbornly do not forgive the person a bad act that he made against you. In a sense, a person becomes your debtor. You seem to have a moral right to take revenge. Insert the hairpin at the right moment. Dispose of your reputation and destiny. This is a fairly widespread kind of household tyranny. And many quite successfully use it. Therefore, Christ and speaks about forgiveness. After all, he came not to dominate, but serve. The same principle should follow his students.

There is one important point in the words of the Savior. Instead of saying about the need for forgiveness, he exacerbates the situation: a man was sinned seven times against you, he sorry seven times. Why does he do it? The Lord knows a great thing that often, even forgiving his neighbor in words, we cannot let go of the offense in your heart. It continues to live a bitter precipitate. Our memory of the bad act, which he made against us, keeps him hostage. And therefore, a person seems to be as remains our debtor. He continues to be guilty to us, although we reconciled. And on occasion, we use the opportunity to unobtrusively hint at it: I say you, I forgave, be kind, follow my rules. So, we still keep a person on a hook, we stay in the position of Mr.

Therefore, Christ says: Watch yourself, that is, carefully pepper in your heart. Not all your forgiveness and noble gestures are in fact. Absolute forgiveness is necessary. As if nothing happened. As if someone erased from your memory those resentment that caused Middle. Therefore, the Lord is used by the number seven. This is by no means an indication of a specific number of times. This is a symbolic number. Entrepreneur on completeness, completion of action.

Next, the savior deepens his thought: Performing the commandments, you can not do with your debtor not only a person, but also God. It is strange to expect award for what you live in the Gospel. After all, if so, then the gospel life for you is something out of a series of outgoing, far away, what is excellent from your daily life. Everything should be the opposite. The execution of the commandments of Christ should be for us the usual, ordinary work. Like that routine work that impresses our everyday life. We breathe, we sleep, go, eat, we clean around the house, etc. But after all, no one has thought to demand for this award.

Pupils are shocked. Where to take so much strength to follow what Christ said? Therefore, they are asked to increase faith in them. Of course, it is not about faith rational. Not about the reasonable recognition of some dogmatic truths. We are talking about the lively action of the Divine Grace, which one can overcome the narrowness and the ocossy of our heart, our facilitates and give strength to sincerely live according to the Gospel.

Give us, Lord, such faith and spiritual strength, in order to fulfill your commandment to fulfill your commandment about the ministry and God.

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Priest Stefan Domeschi

People who are emphasized by non-church, much in the church is confused ... confuses the language, rites, traditions, confuse the behavior of priests and laity ... But all this turns out to be trifle compared to the sacrament of repentance or simply speaking with confession. Usually, a person immediately says that he would have been involved in, but there was nothing to speak to him, since he did not commit any special sins ... not killed, not robbed ... There are people with sins, let them profess ... and in fact a very serious problem.

Why, many thinking over confession to reason exactly that? Are sins that wonder the soul can only be considered the most terrible of them?

In fact, the problem is that arguing about sins, a modern person often associates them with the norms of the Criminal Code ... because of what even the Ten Commandments, which seem to be known, in reality the unknown, except 2-3 of the most famous. Neither the commandment forbidding idolatry nor the commandment of God's name is unknown to almost anyone ...

When people find out about the fact that the first commandment is not at all "not killed," and besides heavy sins, there is also sins internal, the easiest thing is to admit that if you judge, then all their life is solid sin, and if forces At least they don't have it for partial correction, then there is nothing to start at all ... All the same, all sins cannot be corrected.

Remembering that more than many other virtues, the saints appreciated prudence, it is worth avoided as one extreme and the other. Soberly assess your condition and strive as far as possible to execute the commandments.

But there are so many of them, - can say a person - I do not know what to start! Often to start turns out to be the easiest way from something outdoor! From the appearance, from the characteristic words and expressions ... But if we open the gospel and we will try to hear that Christ considered Christ, we will see that his students first distinguish not an appearance, not a question or something like that ... special differences are special Relationships that reign between them ... Relationships that are based on love. And how about health we are thinking when they are ill about love, or more precisely, its absence is eloquently evidenced by the problems arising when communicating with neighbors. Problems that are expressed in resentment and enmity.

In today's reading, the Savior speaks apostles about forgiveness and reconciliation, as the main and elementary phenomena of their Christian relation to each other. In this context, like the one who says he has nothing to confess, and the one who does not know where to start, can follow the advice of Christ.

"Watch out" - he calls. And we are talking, of course, to be attentive to your inner life, to their relationship with people. Watch your relationship and farewell. Be honest with people, but also peace-loving. Many may seem strange that Christ invites us to forgive when the near will ask for forgiveness. As if it would be no need to forgive without it. In fact, it is not about this, and Christ does not say that. Just knowing people who do not forgive even when they are directly asked about it, he calls from stand up on the path of forgiveness and start studying it. This path is hard, but Christ calls us to him, because he himself, according to the apostle Paul, loved us even when we were sinners. Of course, such love is not available immediately and not without difficulty ... But it is necessary to strive for it and you can start with a small one. With the forgiveness of the offense and reconciliation with the neighbors.

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(1SOL.5: 14-23; LK.17: 3-10)

Archpriest Vyacheslav Reznikov

Apostle Paul writes: "Enough undesuned, comfortable, maintain the weak."There are those and others in the church fence, and others. Of course, underencing prevented, young seeking back, weak slow down the path. But it was, and will always. We need this, like other temptations. So it was in the Old Testament. God warned his church: "The beggars will always be among your land; Therefore, I spent you: Clear your brother your brother, poor you and your thoughts on your earth " (Dev.15: 21). And about neighboring, hostile Israel, nations he said: "I will not kick them away from you, and they will be a loop, and their gods will be for you network" (Court 2: 3). Let us remember, finally, as the Lord forbade the tears of tears, thereby not damage wheat (MF.13: 24-30). After all, only facing various manifestations of evil in our house, in our temple, - we see who we ourselves, what we stand, and that we managed to acquire for our Christian life!

Therefore, at the sight of someone else's sin, first of all, "see who who did not give evil for evil; But always look for good and each other, and everyone. " But the sin cannot be held: "If your brother, spoke to him, will be sinned against you." But if he is shown, then "Forgive him; And if seven times a day will sin against you, and seven times a day will turn, and say: "I repent," "I'm sorry."Hearing this, the disciples were horrified, and prayed: "Multiply faith in us", So that we raise such feats of love! The Lord approved their desire. But at the same time he said: "If you had faith with a mustard grain, and said this figure:" Delete and transplant to the sea, "it would have obeyed you."

Another apostle says: "Always rejoice. Mustaintly pray. Thank you for all. "It is "always", "incessantly", and "for everything", without exception. And for this, perhaps, no less faith is needed than to transplant the fig.

Of course, hearing about "mustard grain", the Earth can go from under his feet. We considered ourselves believers, and we have no such faith. But remember that even the Lord's disciples at their request did not immediately multiplied faith, although he said about her importance. God's gifts should be able to use. I just give a real faith, - he will do this! And the river will reversize, and all the patients will heal, - let them sin in full force! And of course, after that, I won't say: "We are slaves worthless, because they did what they had to do."After performing even the smallest, insignificant, we already wait for the Lord right away: "Go rather, sit down at the table"!

"All have a good hold on,"- continues the apostle. Experiencing everything, absolutely not necessarily, for example, to dampen in the mud to understand that it is "not good".Stupid twenty times stupid in one place, and the clever may never even stumble, because it enjoys the accumulated experience, and church, and just human.

That's how important and useful we heard today from the Apostle Paul. But what is it? Command? But the commandments are given in the imperative tone. Instructions? Advice? But here is not a teaching tone, and not the tone of the fraternal council. The apostle writes: "Begower" "you, brethren"!

As we beg about what we need, so he begs us, as if he should be many times more than us! So would you tend to teach those who signes against us!

And in order for us at least somehow it turned out, the apostle begs and God: "The God of the world himself will sanctifies you in the entire fullness, and your spirit and soul and body are in allacity and will continue without vice in the coming of the Lord of our Jesus Christ."

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