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Glory to Jesus Christ, dear brothers and sisters!
Today I am going to tell you about the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady.
According to the Jewish tradition the birth of the child was the God's blessing. And the Jews at the time of Jesus Christ birth kept that tradition sincerely. They prayed and asked that the child came from the God's Kingdom, but not form the hell. Do you understand what I am saying?
So Joachim and Anne were such parents, the parents of Maria. But they were very old and they did not have a baby. Joachim and Anne were very religious. Joachim gave the church more than one tenth of his income, about one third of all he had. But one day the priest did not receive his victim and said: "You do not have the child and you are almost 80 years old, so your offering is not blessed by God. Take everything you have brought and go out of here." There was such zealous priest. He worried about it, he did not just take money. He thought that if you did not have a child than maybe you did not a religious person you looked like. If God did not give you children, than you was sinful man. Do you understand that in Jewish society only light souls should have come in the family. There were more light souls at that time. And if you did not have a baby, take money and go away. Joachim was very upset to hear such offense form the priest. He had left everything and went into the desert to keep the fast. He decided in such way: if I do not have a child, I am not blessed, so I would better die than come back.
Anne heard the story about her husband. She was very upset, she was hurt. All Jews knew about it, because the neighbors told her. And she went into the garden very sad. She cried, prayed. And she prayed and asked right things: "Oh Lord, if I give a birth to a boy, I will give him to You as a sacrifice." He will become a priest that means to give a sacrifice to the Lord. Because he will serve God, not himself. And next she said: "Oh Lord, If I give a birth to a girl, I will also give her to You." In the synagogues the girls were also brought up from 3 years old, to be the future mothers of the Savior. To be a future mother of the man who will come saint, perfect. He will come after Moses. He will teach people the truth and help them to overcome all problems which they have. And he will build God's Kingdom - state of truth. And He will become their president, lord. And will make them happy. Do you understand? So, Jews were waiting for such Savior.
And when she had made such prayer, she had promised God, the archangel Gabriel appeared. He is God's messenger, he brings good news. For example, if we have some good news in our Church, the archangel Gabriel will come to someone in the dream. Or he will appear in our prayers that he comes with good news. That means that it will be good news for our Church. The same as he appeared near Anne and said: "Anne, you will give a birth to the God's Mother and you should give her name - Mary. Call your husband." And she sent that message through people to Joachim. He became happy, returned from the desert and they gave a birth to a child. It was God's Mother.
They were very happy that she was born. But when the time came, when she became three years old, they called all relatives. They dressed girls, decorated them with ribbons, gave them candles and they walked ahead. And so holily they accompanied Mary to the Temple for she studied God's word there. She studied there, embroidered and weaved vestments for priests. So, she was prepared as future God's Mother. But I will tell you about it during the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At that time it will be said about Mary, till what time she was in the Temple, how she got married, how she did not want to get married, but how she was pledged, because Jewish girls had to get married when they were 13 years old. Jews did not understand: we were bringing you up like a future mother and how should you become pregnant without husband? They did not understand how it could happen.
So, Joachim and Anne lived like saints. God kept them in the patience very long time and patience gave them holiness. They prayed very much to have a child that even Joachim felt in the despair. He was very offended long time, he was hurt very much. Yes? It hurt him very much. But who is humbled will be exalted. And at the same moment he got good news that he would give a birth to a girl. And she would be God's Mother. They did not understand these words fully, they did not understand God. They believed like all others that Messiah would come: "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things" (John, IV:25), but not hundred-per-cent. Like you are sometimes listening and do not understand fully, you see, but you do not see fully, you hear, but you do not hear fully. The same as they did.
It is a very big feast - the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady. She came in this world like a chosen vessel. Jesus Christ, Our Lord should be born through her. Do you see how God prepared that family? Anne and Joachim were of the kin of kings and priests. Do you understand? The high souls were born from one generation to another. They were from very spiritual kin, in which Jesus Christ was born. Jesus Christ came on this Earth from David's kin. And this kin exists till our days. We just do not know it, we do not pay attention on it, and we have lost it.
But something we can take from Jewish people of those days. Not of nowadays but those of the past time. We can learn from Holy Gospel how to be with God. How should behave wife and husband, how to bring up children for that God will be always with you. How to build your life with God but not with the politics or something else. So, let's be the children of God's Light. If the light comes to us let's follow this light. If there is an opportunity to bring children here for education so bring them here. Let they enter the God's Light.
Today we prayed with children and talked about Angels. And I have given them initial knowledge about their good Guardian Angels. I told them a little bit about bad angel, that he appears in the bad thoughts. I told them how to listen to the Angel, how to pray to Him that he can help you be good people. And also we have prayed today. I blessed them that they entered the God's Light. So, if you bring them here, they will be sanctified. And it will be our future, because every time they appeal to Angel, to God, they will grow up in the wisdom. Angel will teach languages, he will give different knowledge: how to write, draw, play, do good. And he will live inside you all, will live with you. And in such way our state will be healed. All Ukraine and even the whole world need this knowledge. Do you understand, or not? It is a great process that this God's grace is given through the priest to his people, especially children. That is why we pray God that He build His Holy Church and chose His children like wheat and burn sinful men like weed.
Ukraine should be the first country to build God's Kingdom, Kingdom of justice, truth, harmony, love, spiritual height here. The revolution should happen in human souls. We have to become spiritual people. Bad people will be taken by environment. You will see it. Do you understand? Ukraine will be cleaned from bad souls by diseases, flu. It has started to clean itself right now. Ukraine will be the example for all countries. So, take these words very seriously and start to work with yourself individually, control all your moves. There is the Guardian Angel for it: "Oh my Guardian Angel, clean me from bad thought, bad feeling, bad desire. Help me to be good, help me to be with God." Let's prepare, because we have very little time. Do you see what happens with the world: epidemics, disasters, nature cataclysms? And if it will move to Ukraine? It will move to Ukraine if there are no people to save. Do you understand? But we will not be afraid. Why? Because we are with God. We know we are with God, so that is why we will stay. The people from the darkness are afraid of it. They afraid really of it very much. And God will renew the Earth very quickly, even if He overflows it. And the new mountains will appear; they will come from the sea and the new fields, new woods if it is necessary. God is a Creator of the Universe, not only the Earth. But if we are light, we are with Him. If we are without light, we are with darkness, with Devil, who ruins the world and hates. We are preying with you and we call the Light from the heavens. Do you feel that the happiness fills you? Yes? It is also because children are with us today. Was it good? And someone pray, but their god is down, he gives them only darkness, hated, blackness in which they hate others even more. Do you understand?
That is why let's pray to God, that the light fills us and blesses us, our children and our families. That these children have beautiful future, which they will help us to build. Let's be patient, my darling, let's pray, let's be wise and do not do sinful things, be with God, be with God's Light. And then the God's light will not leave us and will bless. And God blesses you all with His love, His grace and blesses you families.
Amen.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
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