{"id":2155,"date":"2012-03-31T15:17:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T18:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comorinemuritoare.ro\/bLOGOS\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2012-03-31T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T18:18:07","slug":"la-duminica-a-cincea-din-postul-mare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comorinemuritoare.ro\/bLOGOS\/la-duminica-a-cincea-din-postul-mare\/","title":{"rendered":"La Duminica a cincea din Postul Mare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sf\u00e2ntul Teofan Z\u0103vor\u00e2tul<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Acum e prosl\u0103vit\u0103 Sf\u00e2nta Maria Egipteanca<\/strong>, dintre marile p\u0103c\u0103toase o mare dreapt\u0103.
\nA\u015fadar, bucura\u0163i-v\u0103, p\u0103c\u0103to\u015filor! V\u0103 e deschis\u0103 nu numai u\u015fa poc\u0103in\u0163ei, ci \u015fi c\u0103mara slavei! Uita\u0163i-v\u0103 ce era Maria \u015fi ce a ajuns, \u015fi \u00eensufle\u0163i\u0163i-v\u0103 spre a alerga cu b\u0103rb\u0103\u0163ie pe calea ei.
\nDomnul a chemat-o, ea s-a sculat \u015fi a mers – \u015fi merg\u00e2nd, nu s-a mai \u00eentors s\u0103 priveasc\u0103 \u00eenapoi. \u015ei pe noi to\u0163i ne cheam\u0103 acum Domnul – \u015fi cine n-a r\u0103spuns la aceast\u0103 milostiv\u0103 chemare a Lui? Aproape to\u0163i s-au preg\u0103tit pentru primirea sfintelor Taine, s-au spovedit \u015fi s-au \u00eemp\u0103rt\u0103\u015fit, adic\u0103 au r\u0103spuns chem\u0103rii \u015fi s-au sculat. Deci, s\u0103 mergem acum neab\u0103tut \u015fi pe calea pe care a mers Maria, ca s\u0103 ajungem \u015fi acolo unde a ajuns ea \u00een cele din urm\u0103.<\/p>\n

Sf\u00e2nta Maria, poc\u0103indu-se, a l\u0103sat tot \u015fi, trec\u00e2nd Iordanul, petrec\u00e2nd acolo \u00een pustie vie\u0163uire cumplit de aspr\u0103, s-a cur\u0103\u0163it de patimi \u015fi s-a m\u00e2ntuit. Iat\u0103 pilda! Preg\u0103ti\u0163i-v\u0103 s\u0103-i urma\u0163i.
\nPoate c\u0103 nimeni dintre noi nu a f\u0103g\u0103duit s\u0103 fac\u0103 chiar la fel; dar to\u0163i suntem datori s\u0103 facem tocmai la fel, dac\u0103 este s\u0103 \u0163inem seama nu de \u00eenf\u0103\u0163i\u015farea dinafar\u0103 a faptelor sfintei, ci de duhul \u015fi de puterea lor.
\nDep\u0103rt\u00e2ndu-se \u00een pustie, sf\u00e2nta Maria s-a rupt de \u00een\u015fel\u0103rile lumii \u015fi prin aceasta a \u00eenl\u0103turat toate ispitele din partea lor. Dup\u0103 aceasta, p\u0103catul putea s\u0103 o atrag\u0103 doar prin trup. Dar nici trupul n-avea odihn\u0103 \u00een pustie. Postul, culcarea pe jos, ar\u015fita \u015fi gerul \u00eel istoveau. \u015ei iat\u0103 dou\u0103 mijloace puternice prin care sf\u00e2nta a \u0163inut piept \u00een lupt\u0103 \u015fi a \u00eenvins p\u0103catul: dep\u0103rtarea de lume \u015fi istovirea trupului<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Istovirea trupului este un mijloc lesne de \u00een\u0163eles \u015fi la \u00eendem\u00e2n\u0103 pentru noi to\u0163i. Mic\u015foreaz\u0103 ra\u0163ia de hran\u0103, r\u00e2nduie\u015fte-\u0163i mai mult\u0103 osteneal\u0103 \u015fi mai pu\u0163in\u0103 odihn\u0103 \u015fi somn, \u00een locul moliciunii alege asprimea, \u00een locul c\u0103ldurii frigul, \u00een locul mole\u015felii \u00eencordarea, \u00een locul tuturor m\u00e2ng\u00e2ierilor trupe\u015fti chinuirea de sine – \u015fi vom istovi trupul nostru, iar prin aceasta vom istovi patimile ce-\u015fi au \u00een el s\u0103la\u015ful.<\/p>\n

Dar cum s\u0103 ne \u00eendep\u0103rt\u0103m de lume noi, cei care tr\u0103im \u00een lume?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Este o \u00eendep\u0103rtare de lume cu trupul – aceasta este \u00eendep\u0103rtarea \u00een pustie; dar este \u015fi o \u00eendep\u0103rtare de lume f\u0103r\u0103 a ie\u015fi din lume: \u00eendep\u0103rtarea de felul ei de via\u0163\u0103.<\/p>\n

Prima nu e la \u00eendem\u00e2na tuturor \u015fi nu st\u0103 \u00een puterea tuturor; a doua e de datoria tuturor \u015fi trebuie \u00eemplinit\u0103 de c\u0103tre to\u0163i.<\/p>\n

\u015ei iat\u0103, tocmai la aceasta ne chem\u0103 sf\u00e2ntul Andrei \u00een canonul s\u0103u atunci c\u00e2nd sf\u0103tuia s\u0103 ne \u00eendep\u0103rt\u0103m \u00een pustie prin legiuirea bun\u0103.<\/p>\n

A\u015fadar, leap\u0103d\u0103 n\u0103ravurile lume\u015fti, \u015fi fiecare fapt\u0103 a ta, fiece pas al t\u0103u, s\u0103 le s\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fe\u015fti a\u015fa cum porunce\u015fte legea cea bun\u0103 a Evangheliei: \u015fi ai s\u0103 vie\u0163uie\u015fti \u00een mijlocul lumii ca \u00een pustie. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Aceasta bun\u0103 legiuire se va face \u00eentre tine \u015fi lume ca un perete desp\u0103r\u0163itor, din pricina c\u0103ruia nu vei vedea lumea. Ea va fi \u00eenaintea ochilor t\u0103i, \u00eens\u0103 ca \u015fi cum nu ar fi.<\/p>\n

\u00cen lume vor continua schimb\u0103rile ei, iar tu vei avea r\u00e2nduielile tale.<\/p>\n

Lumea va merge la teatru, tu la biseric\u0103; ea va dansa, tu vei bate metanii; ea va fi la plimbare, tu acas\u0103, \u00een \u00eensingurare; ea va fi \u00eentru gr\u0103ire de\u015fart\u0103 \u015fi glume, tu \u00eentru t\u0103cere \u015fi slavoslovire a lui Dumnezeu; ea va fi \u00een pl\u0103ceri, tu \u00een osteneli; ea va citi romane de\u015farte, tu vei citi Dumnezeie\u015ftile Scripturi \u015fi scrierile Sfin\u0163ilor P\u0103rin\u0163i; ea va fi la petreceri, tu vei sta de vorb\u0103 cu cei de un cuget cu tine sau cu p\u0103rintele duhovnicesc; ea \u00ee\u015fi va face socoteli egoiste, tu vei face jertfa de sine; ea va fi \u00een vis\u0103ri p\u0103tima\u015fe, tu \u00een cugetare la cele Dumnezeie\u015fti. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u015ei astfel, \u00een toate traseaz\u0103-\u0163i reguli \u015fi introdu-\u0163i r\u00e2nduieli de via\u0163\u0103 potrivnice obiceiurilor lume\u015fti – \u015fi vei fi \u00een lume \u00een afara lumii, ca \u00een pustie. Nici tu nu vei fi v\u0103zut \u00een lume, nici lumea nu se va vedea \u00een tine. Vei fi \u00een lume pustnic – \u015fi vei deveni urm\u0103tor al sfintei Maria, f\u0103r\u0103 a te \u00eendep\u0103rta \u00een pustie.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dac\u0103, precum am amintit, vei ad\u0103uga la aceasta \u015fi \u0163inerea trupului t\u0103u \u00een post, \u00een osteneli, \u00een priveghere \u015fi, \u00eendeob\u015fte, \u00een lipsa de ori\u015fice odihn\u0103, vei st\u0103p\u00e2ni am\u00e2ndou\u0103 mijloacele cu care \u015fi-a biruit patimile Sf\u00e2nta Maria \u015fi s-a m\u00e2ntuit.<\/p>\n

Pe scurt, \u00een dou\u0103 vorbe: fugi de odihna trupului \u015fi pune-\u0163i r\u00e2nduieli de via\u0163\u0103 potrivnice obiceiurilor lume\u015fti<\/strong>, altfel spus \u00eengr\u0103de\u015fte-te cu legiuirea cea bun\u0103. F\u0103 a\u015fa: vei birui patimile \u015fi tu, te vei m\u00e2ntui.<\/p>\n

C\u0103ci, iat\u0103, potrivit \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turii Sf\u00e2ntului Isaac, ce va fi cu tine dac\u0103 vei st\u0103p\u00e2ni am\u00e2ndou\u0103 aceste mijloace: supunere a sim\u0163urilor, trezvie a min\u0163ii, bl\u00e2nde\u0163e a g\u00e2ndurilor, mi\u015fc\u0103ri luminoase ale min\u0163ii, s\u00e2rguin\u0163\u0103 la fapte, g\u00e2nduri \u00eenalte \u015fi sub\u0163iri, lacrimi ce nu cunosc m\u0103sura, pomenire a mor\u0163ii, \u00eentreaga \u00een\u0163elepciune curat\u0103, departe de orice \u00eenchipuire ce ispite\u015fte g\u00e2ndul, \u00een\u0163elegere de tain\u0103, la care mintea ajunge cu ajutorul cuvintelor Dumnezeie\u015fti, frica ce taie lenevia \u015fi nep\u0103sarea \u015fi stinge orice poft\u0103 – iar \u00een cele din urm\u0103, libertatea omului adev\u0103rat, bucuria \u015fi \u00eenvierea sufleteasc\u0103 \u00eempreun\u0103 cu Hristos \u00eentru \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia Lui. Iat\u0103 \u015fi m\u00e2ntuirea.<\/p>\n

Iar dac\u0103 cineva se va ar\u0103ta nep\u0103s\u0103tor fa\u0163\u0103 de aceste dou\u0103 mijloace, s\u0103 \u015ftie urm\u0103torul lucru: nu doar c\u0103 se va v\u0103t\u0103ma pe sine \u00een toate privin\u0163ele, ci va cl\u0103tina \u015fi \u00eens\u0103\u015fi temelia virtu\u0163ilor. Acestea, dac\u0103 le va p\u0103stra \u00een sine \u015fi va r\u0103m\u00e2ne \u00eentru ele, sunt \u00eenceputul \u015fi capul lucr\u0103rii Dumnezeie\u015fti \u00een suflet, u\u015fa \u015fi calea c\u0103tre Hristos: asijderea, dac\u0103 cineva se rupe \u015fi se dep\u0103rteaz\u0103 de ele, ajunge la patimile potrivnice lor: r\u0103sf\u0103\u0163ul trupului \u015fi r\u0103t\u0103cirea trupeasc\u0103, adic\u0103 umblarea dup\u0103 obiceiurile lumii, care deschid intrare \u00een suflet tuturor p\u0103catelor \u015fi tuturor patimilor.<\/p>\n

C\u0103ci arat\u0103 numai \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163a fa\u0163\u0103 de obiceiurile lumii, care nu sunt altceva dec\u00e2t r\u0103t\u0103cire trupeasc\u0103 – arat\u0103 numai \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163\u0103 fa\u0163\u0103 de aceast\u0103 r\u0103t\u0103cire, \u015fi s\u0103 vezi ce o s\u0103 ias\u0103! Alunec\u0103ri nepotrivite \u015fi nea\u015fteptate (continui cuv\u00e2ntul sf\u00e2ntului Isaac), care apropie de c\u0103deri, viforul sim\u0163irilor [senza\u0163iilor] puternice st\u00e2rnite prin v\u0103z, grabnica aprindere ce pune st\u0103p\u00e2nire pe trup, g\u00e2ndurile ne\u00eenfr\u00e2nate, ce tind c\u0103tre c\u0103dere, r\u0103cirea dragostei fa\u0163\u0103 de cele Dumnezeiesti \u015fi des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fita p\u0103r\u0103sire a regulilor vie\u0163ii tale noi, re\u00eennoirea faptelor rele care fuseser\u0103 uitate \u015fi deprinderea altora, pe care \u00eenainte nu le cunoscusei.<\/p>\n

\u015ei patimile care, cu harul lui Dumnezeu, fuseser\u0103 deja omor\u00e2te \u00een suflet \u015fi nimicite prin uitarea aducerilor aminte p\u0103strate \u00een minte, \u00eencep s\u0103 se pun\u0103 iar \u00een mi\u015fcare \u015fi s\u0103 sileasc\u0103 sufletul la lucrarea lor.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 ce se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 \u00een tine ca urmare a primei \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163e fa\u0163\u0103 de p\u0103cat, adic\u0103 a r\u0103t\u0103cirii trupului dup\u0103 n\u0103ravurile lumii \u015fi a ner\u0103bd\u0103rii \u00een suferirea petrecerii nec\u0103jite \u00een noua r\u00e2nduial\u0103 de via\u0163\u0103.<\/p>\n

Iar cele ce au loc ca urmare a facerii pe placul trupului \u015fi mai ales pe placul p\u00e2ntecelui, sunt cu neputin\u0163\u0103 chiar a fi \u00een\u015firate: greutate \u00een cap, mare \u00eempov\u0103rare \u00een trup \u015fi sl\u0103biciune \u00een mu\u015fchi, p\u0103r\u0103sirea pravilelor de rug\u0103ciune, lenevia de a face metanii, \u00eentunecarea \u015fi r\u0103cirea inimii, \u00eengro\u015farea min\u0163ii \u015fi g\u00e2ndurilor, o cea\u0163\u0103 groas\u0103 \u015fi de nep\u0103truns, ce se \u00eentinde \u00een tot sufletul, o puternic\u0103 tr\u00e2nd\u0103vire \u015fi plictiseal\u0103 \u00een orisice lucrare dup\u0103 Dumnezeu, precum \u015fi neputin\u0163a de a gusta \u00een vremea citirii dulcea\u0163a cuvintelor Dumnezeie\u015fti, r\u0103t\u0103cirea g\u00e2ndurilor pe tot p\u0103m\u00e2ntul, priveli\u015fti spurcate ce umplu sufletul si aprind pofta; ne\u00eencetat\u0103 \u015fi nesuferita aprindere \u00een tot trupul, de unde vin noi g\u00e2nduri am\u0103gitoare, cu care \u00eempreun\u00e2ndu-se sufletul, cade \u00een patimi de ocar\u0103, la \u00eenceput \u00een sine \u00eensu\u015fi – prin \u00eencuviin\u0163are -, apoi \u015fi \u00een afar\u0103 – prin fapt\u0103.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 roadele amare care se nasc din r\u0103t\u0103cirea dup\u0103 n\u0103ravurile lumii \u015fi din toat\u0103 odihna trupului! <\/strong>\u015etie vr\u0103jma\u015ful c\u0103 cel ce i se va supune va fi prada lui sigur\u0103. Ca atare, se str\u0103duie\u015fte \u00een fel \u015fi chip fie s\u0103 strice noile r\u00e2nduieli de via\u0163\u0103 bun\u0103, fie s\u0103 ne plece spre a face oarecare \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163\u0103 trupului.<\/p>\n

Faci o asemenea \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163\u0103, cazi \u00een alta – \u015fi \u00een nici una dintre ele nu vei sc\u0103pa de c\u0103derea \u00een p\u0103cat \u015fi de \u00eentoarcerea patimilor dinainte.<\/p>\n

Fii \u00eeng\u0103duitor fa\u0163\u0103 de trup, \u015fi el te va aduce la \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163a \u015fi fa\u0163\u0103 de n\u0103ravurile lumii.<\/p>\n

Un vr\u0103jmas te va da pe m\u00e2na altuia, f\u0103r\u0103 a \u00eenceta s\u0103 te lucreze \u015fi el; \u015fi \u00een doi te vor duce de fiecare dat\u0103 la c\u0103dere.<\/p>\n

\u015etiind de acest necaz, s\u0103 \u0163ii piept cu t\u0103rie \u00een ceea ce ai \u00eenceput.<\/p>\n

Pentru trup va lupta iubirea de aceast\u0103 via\u0163\u0103, pentru lume – dorin\u0163a de a pl\u0103cea oamenilor. Adu \u00eempotriva lor ajutoare: \u00een chinuirea trupului sim\u0163irea vie\u0163ii celei adevarate, \u015fi \u00een respingerea obiceiurilor lumii – tov\u0103r\u0103\u015fia cu oamenii adev\u0103ra\u0163i. Trupul va \u00eencepe s\u0103 se smiorc\u0103ie \u015fi sufletul s\u0103 t\u00e2njeasc\u0103 ? \u00cenarmeaz\u0103-te cu r\u0103bdare, \u00eensufle\u0163e\u015fte-te cu acest g\u00e2nd: c\u0103 te a\u015fteapt\u0103 moartea, \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163a fa\u0163\u0103 de trup \u015fi de n\u0103ravurile lumii na\u015fte moartea prin c\u0103derea \u00een p\u0103cat: moartea cea adev\u0103rat\u0103 \u015fi ve\u015fnic\u0103. \u015ei trupul dimpreun\u0103 cu lumea \u00eei sperie cu moartea pe cei ce merg \u00eempotriva cerin\u0163elor lor, \u00eens\u0103 aceasta moarte e p\u0103rut\u0103 – nu adev\u0103rat\u0103, ci n\u0103scocit\u0103 de vr\u0103jma\u015f ca s\u0103 bage \u00een sperie\u0163i. Mai bine s\u0103 fim gata de aceasta moarte spre m\u00e2ntuire, pentru a sc\u0103pa de moartea cea pierz\u0103toare.<\/p>\n

Bine\u00een\u0163eles, acesta e un lucru greu. De asta se \u015fi cheam\u0103 calea aceasta \u201ccalea str\u00e2mt\u0103 \u015fi nec\u0103jit\u0103\u201d: numai c\u0103 Dumnezeu, Cel Nemincinos, a unit-o cu f\u0103g\u0103duin\u0163a m\u00e2ng\u00e2ietoare c\u0103 ea duce la via\u0163\u0103.<\/p>\n

Numai nebunii, spune sf\u00e2ntul Isaac, prefer\u0103 o mic\u0103 odihn\u0103 din fa\u0163a lor unei \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ii \u00eendep\u0103rtate, ne\u015ftiind c\u0103 mai bine este s\u0103 rabzi chinuri \u00een nevoin\u0163\u0103 dec\u00e2t s\u0103 te odihne\u015fti pe patul \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei p\u0103m\u00e2ntesti \u015fi s\u0103 fii os\u00e2ndit pentru lenevie.<\/p>\n

Cei \u00eentelep\u0163i vor mai bine moartea, numai s\u0103 nu cad\u0103 sub \u00eenvinuirea c\u0103 au \u00eemplinit vreuna din faptele lor f\u0103r\u0103 trezvie. Nu fii tr\u00e2ndav atunci c\u00e2nd este vorba de ceea ce te face viu cu adevarat, \u015fi nu te lenevi s\u0103 mori pentru aceasta.<\/p>\n

Cu asemenea g\u00e2nduri \u015fi asemenea pove\u0163e P\u0103rinte\u015fti [patristice] \u00eent\u0103ri\u0163i-v\u0103 hot\u0103r\u00e2rea de a rezista \u00een noile r\u00e2nduieli bune de via\u0163\u0103, \u00een \u00eempotrivirea fa\u0163\u0103 de n\u0103ravurile lumii, \u015fi de a nu face grij\u0103 de trup spre pofte. Prin asta ve\u0163i sc\u0103pa de lucrul cel chinuitor – de robia p\u0103catului, \u015fi ve\u0163i intra degrab\u0103 \u00een libertatea fiilor lui Dumnezeu, atunci c\u00e2nd, \u00eent\u0103ri\u0163i fiind de puterea lui Dumnezeu, ve\u0163i \u00eencepe s\u0103 umbla\u0163i deja f\u0103r\u0103 \u00eempiedicare, f\u0103r\u0103 sfor\u0163\u0103ri, f\u0103r\u0103 jertfe deosebite, \u00eentru poruncile Domnului, a\u015fa cum umbl\u0103 fii \u00een casa tat\u0103lui lor. Amin.<\/p>\n

13 martie 1866, din „Preg\u0103tirea pentru spovedaanie \u015fi pentru Sf\u00e2nta \u00cemp\u0103rt\u0103\u015fanie – Predici la Triod”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sf\u00e2ntul Teofan Z\u0103vor\u00e2tul Acum e prosl\u0103vit\u0103 Sf\u00e2nta Maria Egipteanca, dintre marile p\u0103c\u0103toase o mare dreapt\u0103. A\u015fadar, bucura\u0163i-v\u0103, p\u0103c\u0103to\u015filor! V\u0103 e deschis\u0103 nu numai u\u015fa poc\u0103in\u0163ei, ci \u015fi c\u0103mara slavei! Uita\u0163i-v\u0103 ce era Maria \u015fi ce a ajuns, \u015fi \u00eensufle\u0163i\u0163i-v\u0103 spre a alerga cu b\u0103rb\u0103\u0163ie pe calea ei. Domnul a chemat-o, ea s-a sculat \u015fi a <\/p>\n

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