Dan Everiss
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"Why does the Lord allow there to be poor? For your good, so that you may be cleansed from your sins and expiate them,
“for alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin” [Tobit
12:9; Sirach 3:30]; so that you may win suppliants who will pray for
you in the persons of those upon whom you bestow your charity, so that
the Lord may be merciful to you. “Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy” [Matthew 5:7]."
(My Life in Christ, St. John of Kronstadt)
"Do
not be irritated either with those who sin or with those who offend; do
not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbour, and for
judging him, as we are in the habit of doing. Everyone has a conscience;
everyone hears God’s Word, and knows God’s Will either from books or
from conversation with other people. Especially do not look with evil
intention upon the sins of your elders, which do not regard you; “to his
own master he standeth or falleth” [Romans 14:4]. Correct your own
sins, amend your own heart."
(My Life in Christ, St. John of Kronstadt, page 151)
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Righteous John, Wonderworker of Kronstadt
It was not our fathers who told us, nor our elders who informed us, but we ourselves
have seen the miracles that took place through thee, we ourselves have experienced
the grace that poured forth from thee. Those near to us were healed, those who
were dying rose from bed in good health, every petition of ours through
thy prayer was granted. Therefore we honour thee, O our holy Father
John, as one pleasing to God and an intercessor for us
before the Lord.
The Doxastikon for the Aposticha, Vespers for St. John of Kronstadt
The life of Saint John
Commemorated on October 19
"Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife
in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and
love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of
clairvoyance and miracle-working, to such a
degree that in the last years of his life miracles of healings — both of
body and of soul — were performed countless times each day through his
prayers, often for people who had only written to him asking his help.
During his lifetime he was known throughout
Russia, as well as in the Western world. He has left us his diary My
Life in Christ as a spiritual treasure for Christians of every age;
simple in language, it expounds the deepest mysteries of our Faith with
that wisdom which is given only to a heart purified
by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Foreseeing as a true prophet the
Revolution of 1917, he unsparingly rebuked the growing apostasy among
the people; he foretold that the very name of Russia would be changed.
As the darkness of unbelief grew thicker, he shone
forth as a beacon of unquenchable piety, comforting the faithful through
the many miracles that he worked and the fatherly love and simplicity
with which he received all. Saint John reposed in peace in 1908."
(Great Horologion)
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