Беседа 41. Снова его же. Увещание вместе с необходимыми предостережениями, соответствующими данной теме. (spuria [подложное слово]) 1323

1. Let us beware in our souls, beloved, and understand that although Gehenna is subject to limitation, the taste of being in it is very terrible, 1324 and beyond the limits of our knowledge is the degree of suffering in it. Let us strive all the more to taste the love of God through the constant thought of Him and avoid the experience of Gehenna through negligence. Let us beware of waste and idleness in our concentrated life, so that, by avoiding both empty secret conversations and obvious idleness, we receive a sense of those mercies in ourselves. It is good for the rich to speak about wealth, and the one who possesses it should speak about the rank of freedom; the one who has been worthy of God through his virtue should speak about God. But for one whose actions are accusations against himself and whose conscience denounces him, it is hateful even to talk about good - especially if he speaks not as a denunciation of himself, but as confident in righteousness. 1325 It is good and decent to talk about the greatness of God's goodness, about the secrets of His mercies, revealed by His actions - although hidden, yet revealed through their external manifestations in the world - but for base and guilty people 1326 it is shameful to even dare to discuss these topics. [...] it is good for everyone when he speaks. The beauty of truth comes to beautiful lips. “The holy corresponds to the holy in their fullness; fire awaits fire, and a reverent heart must keep the beauty of God in holiness.” 1327 As for us, lowly ones, how confidently do we dare to talk about interviews related to the rank of children? Even when we approach it with mercy, our sinful heart can be filled with insight, but also with shame. The fire of the sanctuary could not endure those who did not belong to the tribe of priests. 1328 2. Adorn yourself with virtue, O weak one, so that you may be allowed to minister to God in the house of the sacraments and so that you may be anointed by the Spirit for sanctification through the abundance of purity with which you are adorned in the service of your outer members and in the hiddenness of your heart. Paint in your soul the image of the representative tabernacle - outside and inside. In your feelings, gather assemblies of virtue, and in your heart offer a pure sacrifice to God; make an atoning sacrifice for the sins of those outside, 1329 because of their attachment to that by which they fall into error. And instead of the golden lid 1330 on top of the Ark, place in your heart the contemplation of the mysteries of your Savior, for through this God will be revealed to you in wondrous revelations - even more than through what was only a prototype of real mysteries. 1331 For there He 1332 revealed to the high priest by word and vision, and the revelation concerned the present and the temporal. Here, in the silence of revelation and formless assistance, a revelation is given to this high priest 1333 in the inner sanctuary of the heart about the mystery of [...knowing] Him; and the revelation of the new age excites the feeling [...] to doubt them [...] So, the beauty [...] is a mysterious meditation, so that we are not convicted by our conscience when we speak of these things [...] May we be counted worthy of the confidence of children, by the grace of [...our Lord] Jesus Christ, to whom be glory together with [...His] Father and the Holy [Spirit], now and ever and unto the ages of ages. [Amen]. The text of this Discourse in the Bodleian manuscript syr.e.7 is damaged. The meaning of the phrase is not entirely clear to us. The word lam indicates that the phrase is a quotation. The source from which the quotation was taken cannot be determined. Wed. Lev.10:1-2; Numbers 16:31–35. Those. those outside the sanctuary (perhaps non-Christians outside the Church). You might be interested in: