Good is not good if not shared: Bishop Siluan of Italy blessed the new community center of the Piacenza Parishtranslated

"Good is not good if it is not shared, if it is not shared with others. Because even joy is not joy if you do not share it with others, if you do not make others partakers of your joy," said Sunday the Most Reverend Father Siluan, Bishop of Italy.

The hierarch celebrated the Holy Liturgy at the Romanian Orthodox Church "Saint Daniil the Hermit" in Piacenza, Italy, where he also blessed the new community center of the parish.

In the teaching speech, His Eminence spoke about the parable of the Merciless Rich Man and the poor Lazarus, urging the faithful not to hesitate to do good and to be attentive to their neighbors.

What was the merciless rich man to do "The torment of hell is the torment that intervenes in man's conscience, the regret and the torment that he did not prefer God, that he did not seek God or refused God and that he did not do the good that he could do," explained the father bishop.

"What did the rich man have to do to not end up where he ended up? At least give a piece of bread, at least give a glass of water, because he says that even a glass of water is considered and received in the Kingdom of Heaven. At least he should clothe the said poor man, at least examine him and...