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Charity....

In christian neighbourly love lies the foundation of peace and harmony, both on a large and small scale, i.e., nations and states will live in peace with each other, just as people will live together in harmony among themselves if their behaviour is based on the principle of neighbourly love, if they only want to do good to each other and strive to keep suffering and worry away from their fellow human beings. Then there will truly be peace on earth.... but how far away are people from this now....? They offend each other and are full of ruthlessness, even though they don't consciously want to harm people, yet there is no sign of love for each other, and that is why the great spiritual decline is so obvious, for without love the human being cannot strive spiritually either, without love there is no spiritual progress.... people do not reach their aim.... Only a few still accept the law of love which, however, has to be fulfilled or there can be no peace. And so every individual should seriously ask himself how he behaves towards this law.... he should ask himself whether he is doing everything in his power to bring joy, to alleviate suffering and to control the hardship which becomes obvious to him and requires his help. Man should think more of others than of himself, then he will also see what is lacking and be able to remedy it. Man should avoid everything that offends his fellow human beings, but do everything that makes them happy. Seriously ask yourselves whether you could justify yourselves if such a justification were demanded of you. And you will discover many omissions which are then a sin if the fellow human being suffers or suffers as a result, be it mentally or physically. Help where you can and protect your neighbour from suffering where you can.... Never let self-love prevail, never let your neighbour go hungry if you yourselves are doing well.... This is to be understood literally and also figuratively, for even a kind word, a good look, a helpful action can refresh and strengthen the fellow human being, therefore don't let it be lacking. Practice neighbourly love.... and your earthly life will be harmonious, there will be peace and harmony in and around you, and if all people lived according to this commandment it would truly be paradise on earth. But how does it look in the world? All bad qualities, greed, hatred, envy, discord, insincerity and self-love dominate people, they are not friends but enemies, they do not respect each other but seek to exalt themselves, they do not lay a soothing hand on wounds but inflict new ones, and thus evil becomes ever greater and plunges people into ruin. Love has grown cold among people, and that is the end.... For where love no longer exists all substance hardens, where the heart can no longer feel love all knowledge is lost, thus all life will also die, for only love alone is life.... Hence you humans can certainly still live physically but spiritually you are dead if you are devoid of all love. Again and again love will be preached to you, don't let these admonitions fall on your ears but know that they are the last calls from above; know that there is not much time left until the end but that you will be judged according to your love. Therefore take care that you do not need to fear the judgement.... Practice neighbourly love and thereby acquire eternal peace....

Amen

LJUBAV PREMA BLIŽNJEMU....

U kršćanskoj Ljubavi prema bližnjemu je temelj mira i složnosti, kako u velikom, tako i u malom, odnosno narodi i države će živjeti u miru jedni s drugima, kao što će i ljudi složni među sobom živjeti zajedno, ako njihovo ponašanje proizlazi iz načela Ljubavi za bližnjega, ako žele jedni drugima iskazivati jedino dobro, i nastoje bližnjemu otkloniti bol i brigu. Onda će na Zemlji zaista biti mir.... ipak, koliko mnogo su ljudi sada od toga udaljeni.... Oni vrijeđaju jedni druge, i puni su bezobzirnosti, čak iako ne žele svjesno nanijeti štetu čovjeku, ali ne može se osjetiti nikakva uzajamna Ljubav, i stoga je također tako očigledno veliko duhovno propadanje, jer bez Ljubavi čovjek ni ne može duhovno stremiti, bez Ljubavi nema nikakvog duhovnog napretka.... ljudi ne stižu na cilj.... Tek malobrojni još prihvaćaju zakon Ljubavi, koji međutim treba biti poštovan, inače ne može biti mira.

I tako se svaki pojedinac treba ozbiljno zapitati, kako se on odnosi prema ovom zakonu.... on se mora zapitati, čini li on sve što je u njegovim snagama, da obraduje, da umanji patnju i spriječi nevolju, koja mu je očigledna i koja iziskuje njegovu pomoć. Čovjek treba više misliti na druge, nego na sebe, onda će on također i vidjeti čega nedostaje i čime može olakšati. Čovjek mora izbjegavati sve kroz što vrijeđa svoga bližnjega, naprotiv, činiti sve,čime mu on pričinja radost.

Upitajte se ozbiljno, da li biste se mogli opravdati, ako bi od vas bilo traženo takvo opravdanje. I otkrit ćete mnoge propuste, koji su grijeh, ako bližnji kroz to pati ili gladuje, bilo duševno bilo tjelesno. Pomozite gdje ste u mogućnosti pomoći, i očuvajte bližnjega od patnje, gdje vi to možete.... Ne dopustite nikada da progovori sebična ljubav, ne ostavite nikada bližnjega da gladuje, ako vama samima dobro ide.... Ovo treba shvatiti doslovno, kao i u prenesenom značenju (figurativno), jer čak jedna prijateljska riječ, jedan dobar pogled, jedan pomoćni postupak, mogu okrijepiti i osnažiti bližnjega, stoga neka toga ne nedostaje. Prakticirajte Ljubav prema bližnjemu.... i vaš zemaljski život će teći skladno,u vama i oko vas će biti mir i sloga, a kada bi svi ljudi živjeli prema ovoj zapovijedi, uistinu bi bio raj na Zemlji.

No, kako to izgleda u svijetu? Sve loše osobine, pohlepa, mržnja, zavist, nesloga, neiskrenost (nepoštenje) i samoljublje gospodare ljudima, oni međusobno nisu prijatelji, nego neprijatelji, oni jedan drugoga ne poštuju, nego nastoje izdići sebe same, ne polažu umirujuću ruku na ozljede, nego nanose nove, i tako će zlo uvijek rasti, i ljude obarati u propast. Ljubav se ohladila među ljudima, i to je Kraj.... Jer, gdje više nije Ljubav, ukrućuje se (otvrdnjava) sva supstanca, gdje srce više ne može osjetiti Ljubav, tamo je također izgubljena sva spoznaja, tako će i sav život zamrijeti, budući jedino sama Ljubav jest život.... Otuda, vi ljudi doduše još možete tjelesno živjeti, ali duhovno ste mrtvi, ako vam nedostaje svaka Ljubav. Uvijek iznova će vam biti propovijedana Ljubav, ne dopustite da ova opomena iščezne u vašem uhu, nego znajte, da su to posljednji pozivi iz visine; znajte, da više nema mnogo vremena do Kraja, ali vi ćete biti suđeni prema vašoj Ljubavi. Stoga se pobrinite da se vi ne trebate bojati Suda.... Vježbajte se u Ljubavi prema bližnjemu, i time ćete steći vječni mir.

AMEN