Christian Perfection жөнүндө

LENTEN RETREAT
Day 20

 

АЙРЫМ Бул Ыйык Китептеги эң коркунучтуу жана көңүлдү чөктүргөн аят болушу мүмкүн.

Асмандагы Атаңар жеткилең болгондой эле, кемчиликсиз болгула. (Мт 5:48) 

Эмне үчүн Ыйса сен жана мен сыяктуу күн сайын Кудайдын эркин аткаруу менен күрөшүп жүргөн адамзаты үчүн мындай сөздөрдү айткан? Анткени Кудай ыйык болгондой ыйык болуу - сен экөөбүздүн мамилебиз эң бактылуу.

Imagine if the earth were to go off tilt by only a single degree. Scientists say it would throw our weather and seasons into chaos, and certain portions of the earth would remain in darkness longer than others. So too, when you and I commit even the smallest sin, it throws our equilibrium into imbalance and our hearts into more darkness than light. Remember, we were never created for sin, never created for tears, never created for death. The call to holiness is the call to simply become who you were meant to be, created in God’s image. And through Jesus, it is now possible for the Lord to restore the joy we once knew in the Garden of Eden.

St. Faustina was very alive to how the smallest sin was a dent in her happiness and a little wound in her relationship with the Lord. One day, after committing the same error again, she came to the chapel.

Falling at the feet of Jesus, with love and a great deal of pain, I apologized to the Lord, all the more ashamed because of the fact that in my conversation with Him after Holy Communion this very morning I had promised to be faithful to Him. Then I heard these words: If it hadn’t been for this small imperfection, you wouldn’t have come to Me. Know that as often as you come to Me, humbling yourself and asking My forgiveness, I pour out a superabundance of graces on your soul, and your imperfection vanishes before My eyes, and I see only your love and your humility. You lose nothing but gain much… -Жанымдагы Кудайлык Мээрим, Күндөлүк, п. 1293

This is a beautiful exchange that again demonstrates how the Lord turns our humility into grace, and how “love covers a multitude of sins,” as St. Peter said. ^[1]cf. 1 Пет 4: 8 But he also wrote:

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Pet 1:14-16)

We are living in an era of great compromise where everyone now is a victim, right? We are no longer күнөөлүү, just victims of genetics, victims of hormones, victims of our environment, our circumstances and so forth. While these things can play a part in reducing our culpability in sin, when we use them as an excuse, they also have the effect of white-washing our responsibility to repent and to become the man or woman God made us to be—that He died on the Cross to make possible. This victim mentality is turning many, at best, into lukewarm souls. But St. Faustina wrote:

The disobedient soul exposes itself to great misfortunes; it will make no progress toward perfection, nor will it succeed in the spiritual life. God lavishes His graces most generously upon the soul, but it must be an obedient soul.  -Жанымдагы Кудайлык Мээрим, Күндөлүк, п. 113

In fact, brothers and sisters, it is the negligence of the small things that eventually blinds us to the bigger, thus casting our hearts into more darkness than light, more restlessness than peace, more dis-satisfaction than joy. Moreover, our sins obscure the light of Jesus from shining through us. Yes, becoming holy isn’t just about me—it’s about being a light to a broken world.

One day, Faustina wrote how much the Lord desired the perfection of souls:

Chosen souls are, in My hand, lights which I cast into the darkness of the world and with which I illumine it. As stars illumine the night, so chosen souls illumine the earth. And the more perfect a soul is, the stronger and the more far-reaching is the light shed by it. It can be hidden and unknown, even to those closest to it, and yet its holiness is reflected in souls even to the most distant extremities of the world. -Жанымдагы Кудайлык Мээрим, Күндөлүк, п. 1601

Сиз, my brothers and sisters, are the тандалган жандар at this time in the world. I have no doubt about this. If you feel small and incapable, then all the more reason that you have been chosen (see Үмүт - бул Таңдын атышы). We are the little army of Жаңы Гидон. ^[2]көрүү Жаңы Гидон жана Тестирлөө This Lenten Retreat is about equipping you to begin growing in perfection so that you can carry the Flame of Love, who is Jesus, into the growing darkness of our times.

You know what to do now when you stumble and fall, and that is turn to Christ’s mercy with total trust, especially through the Sacrament of Penance. But in the last half of this Lenten Retreat, we will focus more on how to keep from falling into sin, by His grace. And this is His desire too, for Jesus already prayed to the Father….

…that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one… (John 17:22-23)

 

КЫСКАЧА ЖАНА АЯТ

You will be your happiest when you are holiest—and the world will see Jesus in you.

Сага жакшы иш баштаган адам аны Машаяк Иса пайгамбардын күнүнө чейин аягына чыгарат деп ишенем. (Флп 1: 6)

 

 

Ушул Лентен Чегинүүсүндө Маркка кошулуу үчүн,
үчүн төмөнкү баннерди чыкылдатыңыз жазылуу.
Электрондук почтаңыз эч ким менен бөлүшүлбөйт.

 

 

Дарак Дениз Маллетт тарабынан укмуштуу сын-пикирлер айтылып келет. Кызымдын биринчи романы менен бөлүшкөнүмө аябай сүйүнөм. Мен күлдүм, ыйладым, элестетүүлөр, каармандар жана күчтүү окуялар менин жан дүйнөмдө сакталып кала берет. Ыкчам классикалык!
 

Дарак өтө жакшы жазылган жана кызыктуу роман. Маллетт чыныгы эпикалык адамдык жана теологиялык окуяны, укмуштуу окуяларды, сүйүүнү, интригаларды жана акыркы чындыкты жана маанини издөөнү жазган. Эгер бул китеп качандыр бир кезде киного тартылса жана ошондой болушу керек болсо, анда дүйнө түбөлүк кабардын чындыгы үчүн гана багынып бериши керек.
—Фр. Дональд Каллоуэй, МИК, автор жана баяндамачы

Дениз Маллеттти укмуштай таланттуу жазуучу деп атоо - бул кемсинтүү! Дарак көз жоосун алган жана сонун жазылган. Мен өзүмө: «Кантип бирөө ушундай нерсени жаза алат?» Деп сурай берем. Тилсиз.
—Кен Ясинский, Католик спикери, жазуучу жана FacetoFace Министрликтеринин негиздөөчүсү

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