To become fire …

About a post that can become huge…

I get tired of all these godly talk about mortification (by the way, the word itself scary: make yourself dead), fasting and alms in a piggy bank if I don’t eat a wafer. It’s all good and beautiful and useful, but…

It’s raining today, a lot of rain. I could not go to my sheep to a remote village, because it is raining and nobody leaves the house, unless they have to. Besides, it will flood the road for sure and I will get stuck somewhere … I drink another coffee and think so, preparing myself and others for Lent.

What should I tell mine about alms, since they are poor and have almost nothing …? What should I say about fasting, since they eat, how they have and what they have, what have I also learned …? When there is an onion, I eat onion, when a pumpkin grows, I eat a pumpkin for a week, if you miraculously find a piece of meat, I am happy and eat …

In fact, whenever I give a sermon or conference, I am speaking to myself. This time it will also be so, so dear reader, don’t worry: set up a moneybox for alms, do not eat candy bars, do not drink beer and say additional prayers, and you will definitely see it by Christmas …

The young old monk asked, “Father, I fast, pray and meditate. I do everything to live in peace with the whole world. I am concerned about the purity of my thoughts. What else can I do? The old man thought, raised his eyes and hands heavenward, and shouted: “If you want, you can become all fire!”

It is not enough to perform godly practices, to make good resolutions, to mortify yourself and to sprinkle ashes. You have to become fire, ignite. Get on fire. Yes, give yourself, not do something there. That’s God’s passivism. Such a wave … Let myself be led … Faith is not my action, but my non-action. My becoming empty so that I may be filled with Him…

And all this is not easy, because it is easier to tighten our spiritual muscles, grit our teeth and go in mortification and work on ourselves … Tighten the corset of piety and tighten the belt of decency. It will work for a while, maybe it will work … But it’s only too tight belt and inflated muscles …

To be before God without all this coquetry, without church newspeak, like a sack of potatoes … Just be like this …

Posts? Sure it is, but to become more spiritual and free, less consumerist and more loving …

Mortifications? Yes, but as revives, heart resuscitation …

Shed tears? Yes, but peace and joy, also regret, but without sadness and fear. God punishes us with kisses and hugs … He is the Merciful Father, He does not remember your sins …

Alright? Yes, but not from what you have left over, what you also have … Almsgiving as the fruit of true love, care for man and the world …

Prayers? Yes, not as devotional practices and rituals, but as a necessity and love in life.

Lent is to see Jesus and learn to see Him when nothing is seen …

And become fire, start to burn to Him … It is all only grace, and I accept grace, through Grace you are overwhelmed …

Therefore, be like a sack of potatoes, simply be before the Lord without the whole nativity scene, and you will start to see and you will become fire …

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