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DABAR MASĖS SKAITYMŲ ŽODIS
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Petro Klaverio memorialas

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IF mes turime būti bendradarbiai su Dievu, tai reiškia daug daugiau nei tiesiog „dirbti“ Dievui. Tai reiškia būti bendravimas su juo. Kaip sakė Jėzus,

Aš esu vynmedis, tu - šakos. Kas pasilieka manyje, o aš jame, tas duoda daug vaisių. (Jono 15: 5)

Bet ši bendrystė su Dievu priklauso nuo gyvybiškai svarbios sielos būklės: grynumas. Dievas yra šventas; Jis yra gryna būtybė ir prie savęs prisijungia tik tai, kas yra gryna. ^[1]iš to kyla Skaistyklos teologija. Matyti Apie laikiną bausmę Jėzus pasakė Šv. Faustinai:

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. -Dieviškasis gailestingumas mano sieloje, Dienoraštis, n. 534

Inconceivable power! Thus you can see why Satan is attacking as never before the purity of this generation. It is a laikų ženklas. 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]plg Paslapties kritimas Babilone

“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 Sulaikymo priemonės nuėmimas). In the last year, as I read the daily news, I am amazed to see a new headline emerging nearly kas savaitę now: stories of men or women running naked and crazed into the street, ^[3]plg http://time.com/87814/naked-man-doing-push-ups-in-the-street-hit-and-killed-by-car/ attacking people, ^[4]plg http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/10845575/Naked-man-jumps-through-sunroof-and-attacks-woman.html defecating, ^[5]plg http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/01/24/naked-man-poops-goes-on-rampage-inside-home/  threatening, ^[6]plg http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Naked-Knife-Swinging-Man-Harlem-Parents-Children-Panic-274045101.html screaming, ^[7]plg http://hongkong.coconuts.co/2014/07/24/woman-strips-down-starts-screaming-and-blocks-atms-mongkok-mtr-station-yesterday biting others, ^[8]plg 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]plg LifeSiteNews.com, Rugsėjo 9, 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 siela, apimta tamsos, nenusimink. Viskas dar nėra prarasta. Ateik ir pasitikėk savo Dievu, kuris yra meilė ir gailestingumas ... Tegul nė viena siela nebijo priartėti prie Manęs, nors jos nuodėmės yra tokios raudonos ... Aš negaliu nubausti net didžiausio nusidėjėlio, jei jis kreipiasi į Mano užuojautą, bet dėl priešingai, aš pateisinu jį savo nesuvokiamu ir nepaaiškinamu gailestingumu. - Jėzus Šv. Faustinai, Dieviškasis gailestingumas mano sieloje, Dienoraštis, n. 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]plg. Apr 13:5 of “the beast”—and lust is a blasphemy against God’s goodness—will reign with Christ in the era to come. ^[12]plg. Apr 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, „Tie, kurie šiame amžiuje nusprendžia susituokti su pasaulio dvasia, bus išsiskyrę kitame.“

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.

SUSIJUSIŲ SVARBU

Need some encouragement? Read:

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• Tiems, kurie patiria mirtiną nuodėmę

• Gailestingumo stebuklas