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Worthlessness and transience of earthly possessions....

The greatest problem in this present time is the seizing of earthly possessions. It is truly growing in a frightening way and infinitely long times will pass by until the consequences of such projects are cancelled out again.... Intervening in public life is only possible to a limited extent, for countless followers of mammon might take advantage of this again by unlawfully trying to acquire what God's mercy wants to take away from the human being for the sake of his soul's salvation. For earthly goods must exist in order to test the human being's strength and to divert their will and craving from it, for only the voluntary rejection of such enticing stimuli can cause the soul's separation from matter. If therefore the arm of God reached out to all owners, taking or destroying their possessions by force, then this spiritual level would never ever be reached through a deliberate voluntary rejection, and for that reason all temptations for the soul need to remain in the world, to enable the human being to rise above himself and to detach himself from the longing for whatever the world has to offer. If, therefore, people strive for money and goods in such frightful way that they only consider this but never their soul's salvation, then a time like this also poses a terrible danger for the human race, and only the Lord can counter this danger by making people aware of the transience of all earthly possessions through natural disasters, ailments or other events which reduce all possessions and more or less disintegrate them completely, without having been touched by any other hand, so that the incentive for sin will diminish and people can easily recognise the Originator of their supposed damage.

It certainly makes sense to think about it when the intervention of a higher Power is so very distinctly perceptible. That which the human being believes himself to own with absolute certainty and which he anxiously wants to protect from the world and his fellow human beings has to be shaken time and again. For this need for sole ownership is detestable before God.... Anyone who willingly shares his worldly goods with his neighbour if he owns only little.... anyone who uses his surplus to support the poor, his goods fulfil their true purpose and will be protected for the person, yes indeed, even be increased.... And a person need never fear to experience great hardship if he always makes an effort to alleviate the hardship of the poor.... For the measure you give will be the measure you receive.... Someone who always thinks of himself and his good living standard first has to be prepared, for the Lord will make His presence felt and take hold of him where he is most sensitive.... by losing his worldly goods and putting his supposedly good living standard into question, and only then will the soul have to prove itself by finding its way out of the physical hardship and doing everything on its part to live a pleasing life before the Lord and to strive for spiritual possessions. Money and possessions certainly signify power on earth but not in eternity.... Everything will be null and void there, the souls of those who regarded power and wealth as their God will exist in a very lowly state, while those who were disinclined to worldly goods and recognised their worthlessness will be placed into an elevated position....

Amen

VRIJEDNOST I PROLAZNOST ZEMALJSKOG DOBRA....

Najveći problem današnjice je prikupljanje zemaljskog dobra.On doista strahovito raste, i proći će beskrajno vremena, prije nego posljedice takvih pobuda budu opet uklonjene.... U javni život je moguće umiješati se samo u ograničenoj mjeri, budući bi bezbrojni sljedbenici Mamona (novca,bogatstva), to mogli iznova iskoristiti, pokušavajući nezakonito prisvojiti ono što bi Božja dobrota htjela ukloniti čovjeku zbog spasenja njegove duše. Jer, zemaljsko dobro mora postojati da iskuša snagu ljudi, i njihovu volju i žudnju od toga odvrati,budući jedino dobrovoljno odustajanje od takvih podražaja privlačenja, može rezultirati razdvajanjem duše od materije. Ako bi se sada Božja ruka željela protegnuti nad svim posjednicima, prisilno im oduzimajući ili uništavajući posjed, onda nikada ne bi mogla biti dosegnuta duhovna razina slobodnog odvraćanja s punom voljom, i stoga sve kušnje za dušu u svijetu moraju i dalje postojati, tako da čovjek nadvlada sebe samoga i odvoji se od žudnje za svim što svijet stalno nudi. Ako sada ljudi streme novcu i imetku na tako zastrašujući način, da misle jedino na to, a nikada na spasenje njihove duše, onda u takvom vremenu također leži ogromna opasnost za čovječanstvo, a ova opasnost može biti prepriječena jedino od strane Gospoda, tako da propadljivost (prolaznost) sveg zemaljskog posjeda bude postavljena ljudima pred oči, kroz prirodne katastrofe, bolesti i druge događaje koji umanjuju svu imovinu, i omogućuju im da skoro potpuno propadne, bez da drugom rukom bude zgrabljena, tako da poticaj na grijeh bude manji, i da ljudi lako prepoznaju Tvorca njihovog navodnog gubitka. Budući je na određeni način baš za promisliti, kada se sasvim jasno prepoznatljivo može osjetiti intervencija više sile. Treba se opet i opet uzdrmati (poljuljati) ono što čovjek još previše sigurno vjeruje da posjeduje, i što bi bojažljivo želio čuvati od svijeta i od bližnjih. Budući ova želja za isključivim posjedovanjem, je ono što je odvratno pred Bogom.... Tko svoja dobra i imovinu rado dijeli s bližnjim čiji posjed je tek oskudan.... tko od svoga obilja potpomaže siromahe, njegova dobra ispunjavaju istinsku svrhu, i također će biti sačuvana, pa čak i povećana.... Čovjek se nikada ne treba bojati da će zapasti u veliku bijedu, ako se on uvijek trudi ublažiti bijedu siromaha.... Jer, kako ti mjeriš, tako će i tebi biti izmjereno.... Tko uvijek najprije misli samo na sebe i na svoj ugodan (lagodan) život, treba očekivatida mu Gospod Sebe učini vidljivim, i dohvati ga upravo tamo gdje je najosjetljiviji za dohvatiti.... da mu oduzme njegovu imovinu i dobra, te njegov lagodni život bude doveden u pitanje, i tek tada se duša mora iskazati, da pronađe izlaz iz tjelesne nevolje, i sa svoje strane sada učini sve, kako bi živjela Bogu ugodno, i težila duhovnim dobrima. Na Zemlji je doduše značajna moć novca i imovine, ali ne u vječnosti....Tamo će sve biti bezvrijedno, sasvim nisko će živjeti duše onih koji su na Zemlji gledali moć i bogatstvo kao njihovog boga, namjesto toga će nad mnogim biti postavljeni oni koji su bili nenaklonjeni dobrima svijeta, i prepoznali njihovu ništavnost.

AMEN