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Vechi 16.07.2011, 23:10:27
spre_rasarit spre_rasarit is offline
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Acuma am inteles ce ai vrut sa zici. Multumesc de mesaj.

Dar pe de alta parte Ioan al Atenei a fost chemat de Maica Domnului sa cheme pe preot la o femeie care tragea sa moara ca sa o Impartaseasca. Deci pana la urma si Impartasirea pe patul de moarte are folosul ei daca Maica Domnului a facut aceasta.

""One afternoon, Crazy John was standing in front of the icon of the Holy Mother. I was in the office. I could hear him talking and I could hear -without seeing- that he was conversing with a woman, I paid no attention. When I came out of the office, I could see only Crazy John, and there was nobody else inside the church. The sacristan was away on an errand. Crazy John approached me and, after prostrating himself before me as he usually did, he said:

--'Father, you should go to Mrs.Stamata after Vespers. She is waiting for you to give her Holy Communion because her hours are numbered and she may not make it through tonight."

--"And how do you know this?" I asked him.

--"A woman told me, a while ago", Crazy John replied.

--"And why on earth didn't she come and inform me?"

--"Well, she must have thought I was the sacristan" he said, and departed immediately afterwards.

I have a clear view of the main entrance of the church from my office, and I didn't see any woman entering. But even so, I didn't give it much thought...

After Vespers, I went to Stamata's house. Her daughter was astounded when she saw me, as she was planning to come and notify me the next day so that her mother can receive Holy Communion, and not oblige me to go there in the night. I entered Stamata's room and gave her Holy Communion. She thanked me, and held my hand for a short while, then said to me, breathing with difficulty:

--"Father, please look after my daughter and my grandchildren."

"
http://www.greekorthodoxmonastery.or...%20CHRIST.html

In romaneste, Ioan al Atenei a fost vazut langa icoana Maicii Domnului vorbind cu o femeie apoi s-a dus repede la preot si i-a spus sa se duca la o femeie care tragea sa moara si preotul s-a dus la timp sa o Impartaseasca.

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