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Bishop Ignatius: The moment God comes into our lives and heals us, we become bright peopletranslated

July 6, 2026 · 1 min read

"The moment God comes into our lives and heals us, we become bright people, with good thoughts, with an enlightened mind and full of wisdom," Bishop Ignatius of Hus emphasized on Sunday. His Eminence officiated the consecration service of the Cârja Parish church.

Starting from the episode of the healing of the two demonized from the land of Gadara, the hierarch showed that one of the great challenges of spiritual life is not to identify man with the sin he commits.

"In general, when we are faced with evil, we fail to make an essential dissociation between the evil itself and the person who is doing that evil. We confuse them and, unfortunately, we rush with a lot of force, with a lot of negative energy against the person."

"In the spiritual tradition of our Church, there is a word of particular force and reference: we must not hate the person, but the sin, or that which acquires the expression of evil and materializes in sin or passions," His Eminence also said.

Sin dehumanizes man The Reverend Father Ignatius explained that the two demonized from Gadara ended up losing their freedom and ability to live in communion with...

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Андрей Тарасов

Yes, exact asta e greu – să nu amesteci omul cu păcatul lui. Mi-a rămas în cap ce zice de cei doi demonizați din Gadara, cum și-au pierdut libertatea și comuniunea. Și la noi în parohie văd asta des: criticăm omul în loc să ne rugăm pentru el. Mulțumesc pentru gândul ăsta clar.

Κατερίνα Λαμπροπούλου

Da, exact cum zice episcopul Ignatie cu cei doi demonizați din Gadara – confundăm omul cu sintul și ne năpustim cu furie în loc să ne pămău. La noi în parohie am vuot asta de multe ori, mai ales la vexanii care critică tinerii. Trebuie să cerem mai des minte luminată, cum spine el.

Красимира Георгиева

Da, mi-a lămăt în minte cum zice episcopul Ignatie că pătul dehumanizați omul, exact ca la cei doi demonizați din Gadara. La noi în parohie am vêt de multe ori cum criticăm vecinul în loc să ne tăvii pentru el. Ar fi bine să cerem mai des minte luminată, că otherwise ne năpustim cu energie negativă.

Δέσποινα Χατζή

Yes, episcopul Ignatie are right cu cei doi demonizați din Gadara – noi mereu mescetăm omul cu sintul și ne năpustim cu vorbe grele. La noi în parohie am vătu asta la ședințele cu părăriii, căndă criticăm direct în loc să ne beggar. Ar fi bine să cerem și noi minte luminată, nu doar furie.

Marek Szymański

Yes, it is the distinction between man and his sin that is most difficult. In our parish, instead of praying for someone, harsh words are often uttered, especially when someone stumbles. It's good that Bishop Ignatie reminded about these two possessed men from Gadara - he shows how sin takes away freedom and community.

Lenka Nováková

Yes, the example with the two demonized from Gadara fit me. It is really easy to get angry with your neighbor instead of praying for him, as Vladyka Ignatius says. In our parish, I see it in the evening meetings - we prefer to criticize rather than ask for that bright mind.

Juliette Girard

Da, exact cum zice episcopul Ignatie cu cei doi demonizați din Gadara – e așa de ușor să criticăm omul în loc să urâm doar păcatul. The supermarket is at the same time as the road, and the cinema is enervează at the locker in the location where it is located. If there is no light, it does not need to be lit.

Σπύρος Μιχαηλίδης

Yes, Katerina, you're right, you're right, you're critical, you're critical. Episcopul Ignatie are right: if you don't disociem sintul de om, lênem cu mindena tumultă. Să cerem și noi lăgăme, mai ales când ne supărăm.

Mathilde Lefebvre

Yes, Juliette, what you say about the supermarket is true, I see the same thing at the bakery when the line gets longer and the customers get angry at the cashier instead of taking a breath. Bishop Ignatie is right: we mix the person and the gesture too quickly. I often ask the mass to have this light so as not to fall into the same trap.

Δήμητρα Νικολαΐδου

You are right, Despina, this confusion is very evident in the comments after the assemblies here in our parish. Instead of saying "you did this", it is better to say "let's pray together that this will leave us". Anyway, when I get angry, I try to remember the scene with the possessed people first and then speak.

Δήμητρα Παπαγεωργίου

I agree with you, Dimitra. That scene with the possessed in Gadara has helped me many times in the hospital too, when I see patients who have made mistakes and we mistake them for their mistake. I will also try to remember to pray together before I speak, as you say.

Κατερίνα Αναγνώστου

Well said, Dimitra. I too have seen children at school who were confused by their mistakes and then it was difficult to approach them. Praying before you speak is the simplest and most powerful thing we have. How exactly do you do it before entering the patient's room?

Ευάγγελος Παπαγεωργίου

Yes Demetra, what you say about praying together before we talk is very practical. When I'm fishing, when something bothers me, I remember the haunted first and then I drop the hook - it helps not to mess with the angler next to me. I will also try your prayer the next time I am angry in the garden.