Elder Emilianos: The Holy Bible is the greatest gift that God left to man!translated
And one more category of books that I left at the end, because it is the most important for us. Which one is it? The Holy Bible. The New Testament, the Old Testament. Are we reading it? I fear that, especially the Old Testament, we do not read it.
That is where God speaks clearly. There you read: "Thus saith the Lord."
God is speaking. Even the most illiterate can read the Bible. If he doesn't understand it today, he will understand it tomorrow.
I remember, when I was a student, going to a school to be the "teacher"; I the young man to talk to the students. Outside the school door was a lady selling pretzels. How much he didn't teach me and how much he didn't humiliate me! He was reading.
– What are you reading, miss? I tell her.
– The Gospel, my child.
– But do you understand that?
– Um, I second it. I'm reading it a second time and I understand it better than the first time. And if I read it again from the beginning, I will understand even more.
Forgive me, my God, I said to myself then.
- Don't you tell me, madam, do you know that there is also a translation of the Gospel?
– Really, my child, how much does it make? Let me borrow and give it to you, bring it to me.
She didn't need it. I sent her…
