Abbot of Darvari: You may not feel like a son, but the Lord fights for you as a sontranslated

Protoss. Arsenie Irimiea, the abbot of the "Darvari Hermitage" Monastery in Bucharest, explained on Sunday, by the patron saint of the holy settlement, why Christ calls the healed emaciated man from Capernaum his son and why he commands him: "Take up your bed and walk". "You may not feel like a son, but you remain so for the Lord and He fights for you as a son," emphasized the father abbot.

"Today's scripture tells us that the greatest need of man in our day is nothing but self-knowledge, which will lead you out of self-deception," said the proto-Singhel in the beginning of the teaching word.

The most vivid example of self-knowledge, which led to total surrender in the hands of God, is offered to us by the iconographer Iordache Nicolau, who, humbling himself, let God work on the painting of the wonderful icon of the Mother of God Prodromița: "The Lord had the last word - after man came to a deep self-knowledge of his weaknesses".

Humble self-knowledge Unfortunately, often, the knowledge of our own weaknesses throws us into despair, which immobilizes us, because "we sense that true healing will require a change in an inner organization of...