Let's look for the light in a permanent fight with the darkness, said PS Timotei Prahoveanul at the Patriarchal Cathedraltranslated

"Let's look for the light in a permanent fight with the darkness", the Most Reverend Father Timotei Prahoveanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, urged the faithful at the Patriarchal Cathedral on Sunday.

Referring to the evangelical pericope of the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, His Eminence showed that the power of evil is limited and that demons cannot work without God's permission.

"Often the Savior showed that the power of demons is limited, they can do nothing without the consent of God."

Constant struggle with one's own weaknesses Explaining the dialogue between the father of the demonized child and Christ the Redeemer, the vicar bishop highlighted that the man of faith is in a permanent struggle with his own weaknesses, and the prayer "I believe, Lord, help my unbelief" expresses precisely this humility and desire to strengthen faith.

The hierarch cited the teaching of St. Cyril of Alexandria, who wrote that "the power over unclean spirits does not belong to one's worth, it is the gift of God."

At the same time, His Eminence explained that humility protects a person from falling, because "the humble has nowhere to fall. He knows that he is the lowest."

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