Let us never ask God to leave us, urges PS Timotei Prahoveanultranslated

"Let us never ask God, neither by words nor by deeds, to leave us. And when we have distanced ourselves from Him, let us ask Him for forgiveness and ask Him to stay," urged Vicar Bishop Timotei Prahoveanul of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Sunday.

The hierarch celebrated the Holy Liturgy at the Cernica Monastery in Ilfov county, where he explained, starting from the healing of the demonized from the land of Gherghese, why worldly things should not be valued more than God.

"After such a healing that this man needed so much, the inhabitants of the fortress did not enjoy the presence of the Savior. They asked him to leave them," said His Eminence.

"The healed one, however, asked the Savior to stay with him. He probably knew that many accompanied the Savior on his journey through the Holy Land, in the work of preaching the Gospel. But the Savior told him to stay in that place, to remain among his people and to tell everyone how much God had done him good."

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