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Christ is born! Glorify Him!
Dear brothers and sisters, today we hear the holy Gospel of Mark (Mark, 1:1-8), which tells about the prophecy that an angel will come before our Lord, that is John the Baptist, to prepare people so that they can follow Jesus. Otherwise they could not follow Jesus because they were too traditional and worshiped more tradition than the Holy Spirit as the Truth. And they simply would not accept Jesus would and would consider Him a heretic. Although they all would feel that His word were in grace, is the truth, but still had fear.
People are arranged in such a manner - so it has been before, so it is today. Even yet accustomed to the tradition, they are afraid to follow the kind words. Why? Because the souls of many people living in post-Soviet Ukraine are dead. In Soviet times they joined the ranks of different Communist organizations, their motto was: "Be ready! Always ready!" No matter what you think or feel, the main was to be the one they wanted to see you. There are very few people who really want the true salvation for their souls, who really understand who God is. Few souls who believe in God, the majority gives tribute to tradition, they believe to keep on the safe side.
So when John the Baptist came, he said, "Make straight your ways (i.e. repent), as He is coming who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire then. I baptize you with water (i.e. prepare you symbolically). But He is coming who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and then with fire. Who would not receive him in the Holy Spirit, then, when the Holy Spirit comes to the earth, will burn every one who was not baptized with it".
So we see today that the souls that are filled with evil spirit, afraid to go to church or do not want to go to church. And when their relatives are, they say: "Why are you going? Why then do you want?" They say anything about the Church to justify themselves and to takeyou from the Church. They call it sect or whatsoever. So these people are very difficult to be redeemed, but we must pray for them if they are our relatives - husbands, wives, we should pray for them. Maybe not so ardently, but pray when they come on our mind. The time will come when God will lead them to His Church perhaps through fear or something else.
But we should be with God consciously, regardless of whether we have problems or everything is OK. We should always strive for being faithful to God, and living with God. We should try also to sanctify our soul with the Holy Spirit, otherwise we will be burned in the fire. "Burned in the fire" - so said John the Baptist. And he also said that one would come who would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire, because who did not accept a true rebirth of the soul in the Truth - that one would be burned. What for does such a person need to live? For what reason, when everything is given to him, and he turns away from God? Knowledge is given, possibility is given. We stay on the Earth in order to improve our life.
And that's what I want to ask you. When you go to sleep, pray to your Guardian Angel that he sanctifies your sleep, sanctifies your rest. Ask your angel, that he lifts you to heaven that you are in the light of God and in secrets of God. Ask your angel so each time. Do not go to bed with serious thoughts or ideas about temporal, earthly, because we are fed up with it in our daily lives when we just open our eyes and begin our day. We are fed up with all sorts of trouble, all sorts of foolish, evil, demonic people, all sort of evil on the whole. If we have the same thoughts when we go to sleep, our sleep is heavy. If we do not pray God's angel to protect our sleep, the black angel burdens it giving some terrible suggestions, different fears, unwanted things happening in a dream, even desecration. So when going to bed, be sure to ask: "My holy angel, protect me". Pray, do evening prayer: "My holy angel, help me, let me see the light of God, the kingdom of God." So each time direct your mind to the light of God.
And when you fall asleep, then you will sleep in peace, God's light comes, you may contemplate the Angels. Then there will be really good rest for your soul, because the Guardian Angel will protect your rest. Because the brain is very active at night, as active as during the day and it is very important that the power of God is present next to us at this time, not the power of devil. Because, you know, night is time of demonic force, time of darkness. And Christ Himself testified to this when the soldiers came for Him in the night in Bethlehem to crucify Him. He said: "When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness" (Luke ÕÕ²²: 53). Do you understand?
At night, after 11 p.m., time of rudeness comes, many people do evil, annoying, obscene things. For example, in the morning, from about 6 a.m. till 11 a.m. it is a very good time for creative work, from 11 a.m. till 03 p.m. the time is also rather decent. And then it begins to deteriorate. As the day darkens - energy of darkness little by little veils our existence. Do you understand? People say that in the daytime two angels are fighting for your soul: Guardian Angel and a bad angel, and at night when you sleep, only evil angel is near you. So people say.
And so I say to you, pray to your angel, let your mind be completely focused on the God's light. Watch and consecrate your soul in the light of God, in the light of good dreams. These dreams are to be very good. Pray. Even if you wake up at night, pray: "Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us." In order to sanctify your dream again. And if try to keep a fast also, if you try to abstain from hearing something bad about people or watch on TV something bad not to defile the soul, then you'll be close to prophetic dreams. So I bless you that you accept this gift to contemplate the God's light when you sleep at night.
May God bless you.
Christ is born! Glorify Him!
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Apostle (2 Timothy 4:5-8):
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5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do
the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and
the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I
have kept the faith.
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on
that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Gospel (Ìark, 1:1-8):
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1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
"Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,'"
4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming
a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going
out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing
their sins.
6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather
belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
7 And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier
than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit."
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