PS Samuel Bistrițeanul: God does not abandon fallen man, but seeks him and gives him a new lifetranslated

"God does not abandon the fallen man, but seeks him, finds him, raises him up and gives him a new life, a true life", explained on Sunday Vicar Bishop Samuel Bistrițeanul of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj.

The hierarch officiated the Holy Liturgy at the Dobric Monastery in Bistrita-Năsăud county, on the occasion of the dedication of the wooden church of the monastic settlement, protected by the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke.

Starting from the conversion of the Holy Apostle Paul, and the Gospel of the Resurrection of the widow's son from Nain, His Eminence highlighted the way in which God's love is manifested: "Both readings tell us about the same love that God has for us, people."

"No man is to be counted lost forever. No life is so lost that divine grace cannot call it to right."

In this sense, the Reverend Father Samuel Bistrițeanul explained how human judgment opposes divine love: "We often judge our fellow men by their past, believing that they will never change. But God, in His omniscience, also sees what man can become through repentance."

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