Evanghelia de duminic\u0103 ne spune cum i-a ales Iisus pe \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103ceii Filip \u015fi Natanael. I-a \u00eent\u00e2lnit \u00een calea Sa \u015fi le-a zis: \u201eVeni\u0163i dup\u0103 Mine\u201d \u2013 \u015fi ei au plecat \u00eendat\u0103 dup\u0103 El.
\nS\u0103 lu\u0103m aminte! Tot a\u015fa ne cheam\u0103 Hristos \u015fi pe noi: \u201eVeni\u0163i dup\u0103 Mine\u201d. Dar mul\u0163i n-aud aceast\u0103 chemare, al\u0163ii nu o \u00een\u0163eleg \u015fi, iar\u0103\u015fi, al\u0163ii pleac\u0103 dup\u0103 ea, dar nu st\u0103ruie \u00eenainte pe urmele lui Hristos. Lua\u0163i aminte, cre\u015ftinilor, c\u0103 ne-am prea cufundat \u00een v\u0103lm\u0103\u015fagul \u015fi v\u00e2rtejul afacerilor trec\u0103toare \u015fi ne-au prea cople\u015fit valurile p\u0103catelor \u015fi ale pl\u0103cerilor pline de otrav\u0103 \u015fi de aceea n-auzim strigarea \u015fi chemarea lui Hristos. \u201eIat\u0103, stau la u\u015f\u0103 \u015fi bat\u201d, zice Hristos\u201d (Apoc 3, 20). Dar patimile \u015fi p\u0103catele fac larm\u0103 \u00een casa sufletului nostru \u015fi de aceea chemarea Lui nu se aude. S\u0103 ie\u015fim din v\u00e2rtejul afacerilor \u015fi p\u0103catelor \u015fi s\u0103 scoatem patimile din casa sufletului, ca s\u0103 putem auzi chemarea Lui \u015fi s\u0103 putem pleca pe urmele Lui.
\nDar s\u0103 lu\u0103m aminte, c\u0103ci nu-i lucru u\u015for s\u0103 mergem dup\u0103 Hristos. A merge dup\u0103 Hristos \u00eenseamn\u0103 credin\u0163a, t\u0103ria \u015fi b\u0103rb\u0103\u0163ia sufleteasc\u0103 de a birui \u015fi omor\u00ee toate p\u0103catele \u015fi ispitele ce ne ies \u00een cale \u015fi le \u00eent\u00e2lnim \u00een cale. P\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd toate p\u0103catele se \u0163in droaie de noi \u015fi noi de ele, ni se pare numai, dar nu mergem dup\u0103 Hristos. E grea calea ce duce pe urmele lui Hristos, dar cine a apucat pe ea \u015fi st\u0103ruie \u00eenainte pe ea cap\u0103t\u0103 o t\u0103rie, o bucurie \u015fi mul\u0163umire sufleteasc\u0103 pe care to\u0163i banii \u015fi toate 58
\nbun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului nu-s \u00een stare s\u0103 o dea. \u201eVeni\u0163i dup\u0103 Mine to\u0163i cei osteni\u0163i \u015fi Eu v\u0103 voi odihni pe voi.\u201d \u201eEu sunt calea, adev\u0103rul \u015fi via\u0163a\u201d \u2013 zicea Hristos. \u015ei cine pleac\u0103 pe calea Lui, acela are odihna, are adev\u0103rul \u015fi via\u0163a cea adev\u0103rat\u0103. Cerca\u0163i \u015fi vede\u0163i!
\nCre\u015ftinilor! Suntem de o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een postul cel mare \u015fi sf\u00e2nt al \u00cenvierii. Acum este vremea s\u0103 plec\u0103m \u015fi s\u0103 ne plec\u0103m via\u0163a \u015fi purt\u0103rile pe urmele lui Hristos. Acum este vremea s\u0103 ne ispitim \u015fi s\u0103 ne d\u0103m seama pe ce fel de c\u0103i umbl\u0103m: pe c\u0103ile luminii sau ale \u00eentunericului? Omule fug\u0103tor \u00een aceast\u0103 lume, opre\u015fte-te \u00een loc \u015fi te \u00eentreab\u0103, \u015fi te socoate: nu cumva alergi pe \u201ecalea cea larg\u0103 ce duce la pieire\u201d? (Mt 7, 13). De cumva ai apucat pe aceasta, cu groaz\u0103 \u015fi cu grab\u0103 te \u00eentoarce pe cealalt\u0103, \u201epe calea cea str\u00e2mt\u0103 care duce la via\u0163\u0103\u201d. Pe aceast\u0103 cale te cheam\u0103 acum Hristos, te cheam\u0103 Biserica, te cheam\u0103 postul \u015fi, ascult\u0103 bine, c\u0103 te cheam\u0103 \u015fi sufletul t\u0103u, care \u201ese dore\u015fte dup\u0103 Dumnezeu ca cerbul dup\u0103 apa izvorului\u201d. S\u0103 lu\u0103m aminte c\u0103, de c\u00e2te ori nu plec\u0103m pe aceast\u0103 cale, Se \u00eentoarce Hristos c\u0103tre noi cu vorbele \u015fi \u00eentrebarea: \u201e\u015ei nu voi\u0163i s\u0103 veni\u0163i la Mine, ca s\u0103 ave\u0163i via\u0163\u0103\u201d? (In 5, 40).
\nS\u0103 nu fie! Ci noi s\u0103 fim totdeauna gata a r\u0103spunde cu Apostolul Petru: \u201eDoamne, la cine ne vom duce? Tu ai cuvintele vie\u0163ii ve\u015fnice\u201d (In 6, 68).<\/p>\n
I. T\u00e2lcuitor<\/strong>, \u00abLumina Satelor\u00bb nr. 8 \/ 5 martie. 1922, p. 3<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Evanghelia de duminic\u0103 ne spune cum i-a ales Iisus pe \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103ceii Filip \u015fi Natanael. I-a \u00eent\u00e2lnit \u00een calea Sa \u015fi le-a zis: \u201eVeni\u0163i dup\u0103 Mine\u201d \u2013 \u015fi ei au plecat \u00eendat\u0103 dup\u0103 El. S\u0103 lu\u0103m aminte! Tot a\u015fa ne cheam\u0103 Hristos \u015fi pe noi: \u201eVeni\u0163i dup\u0103 Mine\u201d. Dar mul\u0163i n-aud aceast\u0103 chemare, al\u0163ii nu o <\/p>\n