| Ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς τῇ πτωχείᾳ τὸν μακαρισμὸν ἀπεκλήρωσεν· μόνη γὰρ αὕτη οἴδε τηρειν τὰ μέτρα τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ταλαιπωρίας, μισεῖ τὸν ὅγκον, συστέλλει τὸ φρόνημα, ταπεινοῖ λογισμοὺς, ὑπερηφάνειαν αἰσχύνεται, βλέπει τοῦ βίου τὸν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ πείθει λαθεῖν, ἵνα μὴ λάθῃ σωζόμενος. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΛΗ' Σοφιανῳ Σκολαριῳ Source: Migne PG 79.169c |
Our Lord Jesus Christ attributes a blessing to the poor man. 1 For only He knows the true measure of human wretchedness, He who hates arrogance and casts down boasting, and maintains humility in thought, and marks pride as disgraceful. Only He sees the life of man, and He knows what to hide of it, that he not be hidden to salvation. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 238, To Sophianus 1 Mt 5.3 |
7 Jul 2018
The Poor Man's Blessing
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