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SADA RIJEČ O MASOVNIM ČITANJIMA
za 9. septembar 2014
Spomenik sv. Petru Claveru

Liturgijski tekstovi OVDJE

IF moramo biti suradnici s Bogom, to podrazumijeva mnogo više od pukog „rada za“ Boga. To znači biti unutra pričest s njim. Kao što je Isus rekao,

Ja sam loza, vi ste grane. Onaj koji prebiva u meni i ja u njemu, taj donosi mnogo ploda. (Jovan 15: 5)

Ali ovo zajedništvo s Bogom temelji se na vitalnom stanju duše: čistoća. Bog je svet; On je čisto biće i Sebi se pridružuje samo ono što je čisto. ^[1]iz ovoga proizlazi teologija Čistilišta. Vidite O privremenoj kazni Isus je rekao svetoj Faustini:

You are my spouse forever; your chastity should be greater than that of the angels, for I call no angel to such intimacy as I do you. The smallest act of My spouse is of infinite value. A pure soul has inconceivable power before God. -Božansko milosrđe u mojoj duši, Dnevnik, n. 534

Inconceivable power! Thus you can see why Satan is attacking as never before the purity of this generation. It is a znak vremena. For as we read in Revelation, the collapse of Babylon is greatly due to the sins of impurity that drag the nations into ruin. ^[2]cf. Pad misterioznog Babilona

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird; For all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her”. (Revelation 18:2-3)

In today’s Gospel, we read of Jesus casting out “unclean spirits”—the word “unclean” coming from the Greek akathartos, which means “impure” or “foul” spirits. If Jesus bound those spirits then, they have been released in our times without restraint (see Uklanjanje ograničenja). In the last year, as I read the daily news, I am amazed to see a new headline emerging nearly nedjeljno now: stories of men or women running naked and crazed into the street, ^[3]cf. http://time.com/87814/naked-man-doing-push-ups-in-the-street-hit-and-killed-by-car/ attacking people, ^[4]cf. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/10845575/Naked-man-jumps-through-sunroof-and-attacks-woman.html defecating, ^[5]cf. http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/01/24/naked-man-poops-goes-on-rampage-inside-home/  threatening, ^[6]cf. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Naked-Knife-Swinging-Man-Harlem-Parents-Children-Panic-274045101.html screaming, ^[7]cf. http://hongkong.coconuts.co/2014/07/24/woman-strips-down-starts-screaming-and-blocks-atms-mongkok-mtr-station-yesterday biting others, ^[8]cf. http://wtvr.com/2014/05/30/naked-man-accused-of-strangling-woman-trying-to-bite-isle-of-wight-deputy/  etc. And then there are the more calculated forms of unrestrained lust: music stars have turned their art into soft pornography; mainstream actors and actresses are now regularly appearing nude in explicit films; 64% of American men and 20% of women now visit pornographic sites at least monthly, including 55% of men who say they are Christians; ^[9]cf. LifeSiteNews.com, Septembar 9th, 2014 and foul and lewd language are becoming commonplace just about everywhere. A word on my heart the past several months has been that the bowels of Hell have been emptied of every unclean spirit.

The great danger, my dear brothers and sisters, is that we become acclimated to this climate of impurity; that we begin to lose the sense of sin, and really, the great horror it is to taint our souls in this way. For we are so beautiful to God, made as we are in His image. He calls us “spouse”; He calls us “Bride”, and how terrible it is when a bride commits adultery before her wedding!

I want to repeat that, for those of you who have fallen in this way and are struggling fiercely with temptation, Jesus says again to you:

O dušo ogrezla u tami, ne očajavaj. Sve još nije izgubljeno. Dođite i povjerite se svom Bogu, koji je ljubav i milosrđe ... Neka se nijedna duša ne pribojava da mi se približi, iako su njeni grijesi grimizni ... Ne mogu kazniti ni najvećeg grešnika ako se pozove na Moje suosjećanje, naprotiv, opravdavam ga Svojom nedokučivom i neupitljivom milošću. —Izus do Svete Faustine, Božansko milosrđe u mojoj duši, Dnevnik, br. 1486, 699, 1146

Yet, precisely because He desires and thirsts for communion with you, He calls to you and I in a loud voice:

“Come out of [Babylon], my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” (Rev 18:4)

When we are unrepentant, when we enter into mortal sin and stay there, then God, who is just, does not forget our sins. That is the warning clearly in today’s first reading:

Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Why is Satan attacking our purity today? Because those souls who “come out” of the world and enter into communion with God are precisely the ones who will trample upon and crush the head of the serpent in these last days of our era. ^[10]cf. Luke 10:19; Gen 3:15 This is why the Lord has given us in a special way the “Immaculate” one, His mother, to be our refuge and spiritual protection against these powerful spirits of lust. Those who follow her lead will enter, as she did, into a holy, beautiful, and powerful communion with her Son Jesus Christ. These souls, who refuse to follow the “blasphemies” ^[11]cf. Otkrivenje 13:5 of “the beast”—and lust is a blasphemy against God’s goodness—will reign with Christ in the era to come. ^[12]cf. Otkrivenje 20:4

“Alleluia! The Lord has established his reign, [our] God, the almighty. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding day of the Lamb has come, his bride has made herself ready. She was allowed to wear a bright, clean linen garment.” (The linen represents the righteous deeds of the holy ones.) (Rev 19:6-8)

As one commentator put it, "Oni koji odluče biti vjenčani sa duhom svijeta u ovom dobu, razvest će se u sljedećem."

Let us implore St. Peter Claver’s prayers—he who was renowned for his ministry to those in slavery—that Christ will deliver us from the unclean spirits of our times that seek to enslave and destroy our purity of heart.

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