{"id":6769,"date":"2019-06-12T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=6769"},"modified":"2019-06-09T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T13:17:36","slug":"archimandrite-cleopa-ilie-on-the-ways-of-god-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=6769","title":{"rendered":"Archimandrite Cleopa Ilie: on the Ways of God Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe hermit could no longer wait to understand the essence of what had happened to them on the road. So he asked his companion, \u201cTell me after all, who are you?\u201d \u201cI am an angel,\u201d the other replied.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou! An angel?!\u201d the hermit scoffed disdainfully. \u201cYou are a real devil! Only a demon could do all those dreadful things you\u2019ve done. Those good people showed you hospitality you repaid them all with black ingratitude. You were a thief, an arsonist, a murderer, and a sacrilegious desecrator. And you even wear monastic clothing!\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou are mistaken,\u201d the travelling companion answered. \u201cI really am an angel. And I was sent to you because the Lord saw your anguish and wanted to answer the questions that tormented you. I know that you want to know why I did all those things. I will start from the beginning.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhy did I steal the vessel?\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll answer you. Our host\u2019s grandfather stole it from one monastery church, and because of that sacrilege his family was punished for three generations with illnesses and other problems. As a sign of gratitude for their hospitality I decided to deliver them from this punishment. I signed the vessel with the sign of the cross and put it into the river. Some monks will come there to wash their clothes, find it and return it to the monastery.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI knew that the dog was already rabid. It would have bitten its owners and that is why I killed it. And I broke their son\u2019s arm because I could foresee that when he grows up he would become a robber. But with a bad arm like that you can\u2019t do much robbing.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– A Parable on the Ways of God in orthochristian.com<\/span><\/div>\n
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