Неделя тридцатая по Пятидесятнице. Неделя святых праотец

The Holy Forefathers are truly great people! And if we generalize the thought that determines their greatness, it will come out: only those who fall into the ranks of executors of God’s will for the human race, the positive will, are truly great; for many things happen only by God’s permission; There are again strong figures who act contrary to the will of God and even contrary to it. These too may seem great, but not in themselves, but because of the great opposition that God’s Providence erects to blot out the evil they have caused. We know the direct will of God for eternal salvation; but God’s plans for the temporary stay of people on earth are hidden from us. Therefore, it is difficult for us to determine who acts more directly according to the will of God. Only one negative criterion can be considered true: whoever acts contrary to God’s definition of the eternal salvation of people cannot be considered great, no matter how ostentatious his deeds may be, for it is obvious that he goes against the manifest will of God. Although this known will concerns not the temporal, but the eternal, it is certain that one will of God cannot contradict another. You might be interested in: