Jesus told: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Maybe we must understand His words the other way that the kingdom of heaven is coming to your soul and will be inside you. Because later Jesus explained that the kingdom of heavens is already in your soul. It is not in Europe or the USA, it is in the soul. And when we build it inside our souls, it will become here, on Earth...
If a man does something in his society, at work, or in family, he carries responsibility for the success of this deed. Maybe, the man does very little thing, but it is important for God. And if a man does not do it in a good way, the Lord will take it away and will give to other people, who will do it in a good way...
Now when we look at the situation in Ukraine we see that Russia shakes us and says: “Ukraine! Give back everything, what you have, because I think that you own me maybe since USSR.”…
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but we are also God’s children. It is our perspective. So I want to wish you do not lose this perspective. Because we came from the ground despite we have heavenly spirit and heavenly fire. We are the creations of the Earth and the creations of the Lord. If we are creations of the Earth, so our time here is short. And this time, which is given to us, we would like to live more perfect....
I want to pay your attention on bread. Bread is a holy product; a special attention is given to it in the Gospel. We are not full only with bread, but we depend on it physically; we have to take and eat it. And during our time we have a paradox: we live in a civilized world, but still so many people do not eat enough and starve to death...
We have to overcome all trials with the prayer and patience. We must ask God for help. We shouldn’t curse our enemies, the enemies of our country. We have to pray that the Lord stop them and the peace will come in our country...
People have started to come to the Temples more often, but the grace is not as strong as it should be. There is only the ritualism. People stand there only because they must do it. I can’t see in their eyes the pleasure ...