Близость Бога

A mysterious blind man came out of Jericho (see Luke 18:35–43; Mark 10:46–52). He stopped participating in the affairs that the inhabitants of the city were engaged in, he stopped committing obvious sins through the body, he sat down along the path along which the Savior and salvation walk, began to ask for alms from those passing by, and subsist on meager alms. Those who pass by are living vessels of the Holy Spirit, whom God sent into the world to guide the world to salvation throughout the entire life of the world. 20 Passing by are the instructions of the shepherds of the Church and ascetics of piety, temporarily wandering on earth like all people, they guide the sinner at the beginning of his conversion, they feed his hungry soul with knowledge delivered by faith from the ear (see Rom. 10:17). Although the blind man left the city, due to his blindness he could not go far from it. He sat near the city gates; City rumors reached his ears, disturbed his heart, and confused his mind. Likewise, a blind sinner, when he leaves gross sins, cannot sever his connection with sin, both living inside him and acting on him from the outside. And after his conversion he remains near sin and in sin; sinful thoughts, dreams, sensations never cease to disturb his mind and heart. Those accompanying and cooperating with Christ - the prophets, apostles and holy fathers - proclaim to the blind man about the closeness of the Savior to him, because the blind man in his darkness cannot imagine that God is near him. God seems to him to be distant, as if he did not exist at all. A blind man, instructed by the Word of God that the omnipresent God is closer to him than all the objects of the visible and invisible world, is encouraged and begins the feat of prayer. 2 Pet. 1, 19. We have the surest prophetic word; and you do well to turn to him as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day begins to dawn and the morning star rises in your hearts. You might be interested in: