PS Nectarie de Bogdania: Living the Gospel begins with loving your enemiestranslated

Vicar Bishop Nectarie de Bogdania of the Archdiocese of Chisinau celebrated the Holy Liturgy on Sunday in the Şcheia Parish in Suceava County. The hierarch urged the faithful to love their enemies, because then living the Gospel begins.

His Eminence emphasized: "Christianity begins precisely where man succeeds, with God's help, to go beyond this human measure. To love when the other does not love you. To forgive when you have been hurt. To pray for the man who spoke ill of you."

The hierarch recalled the exhortation from the Gospel of the 19th Sunday after Pentecost: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."

"The Gospel doesn't just tell us to be fair or decent people, it asks us to be like our Father."

Saint Dumitru Staniloae At the same time, the vicar bishop highlighted the connection between the Sunday Gospel and Saint Dumitru Staniloae, celebrated on Sunday.

"Saint Demetrius reminds us, through all his thinking, that the person of man opens up and is fulfilled only in communion. I do not save myself against my brother. I cannot say, Lord, I love You, and at the same time carry hatred, revenge and...