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By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou
“Travelers by sea” (πλεόντων) are those that journey the ocean, with so many difficulties, whether or not they’re the crew of the ships, whether or not they’re the vacationers, or those that work on business and warships, or those that fish within the sea, and many others. The truth is that all of them want God’s assist, as a result of there are a lot of risks lurking, storms, reefs, the age of the ships, and prior to now additionally the hazard of pirates, and many others. Here we should additionally embody those that journey within the air with airplanes, who’re additionally at risk each hour and second.
“Travelers by land” (οδοιπορούντων) are those that stroll the streets, but additionally those that journey on land in any approach and for any purpose. In the previous there have been risks from robbers, from opposed climate circumstances, however right now there are different risks from dangerous roads, the speeds developed by drivers and their carelessness. Unfortunately, each week and each weekend we mourn many deaths from visitors accidents.
“The sick” (νοσούντων) are the ailing who’re in ache and affected by numerous ailments, both at residence or within the hospital, and together with them their family members endure and bear hardship, whereas the medical doctors and nursing workers are drained. Every evening there are distinctive vigils within the hospitals, that are the trendy temples of ache and human well being.
“The struggling” (καμνόντων) are those that endure hardships from numerous causes, however this class additionally consists of the possessed, who’re possessed by the satan, who directs their pondering and their needs. Apart from these whom we describe as possessed within the slender sense, this class additionally consists of those that are enslaved to varied passions and endure in numerous methods, because the satan acts by these passions.
“The captives” (αιχμαλώτων) are those that are locked up in focus camps, they’re prisoners of struggle, but additionally those that are prisoners of assorted ideologies and obsessions, of assorted bodily and chemical substances, in addition to the prisoners in trendy idiosyncratic “focus camps”, which may be infamous facilities, the place man loses his humanity and his freedom.
How lots of our brethren, right now after we are tasting the love of God, after we are collaborating within the wonderful pageant of the Divine Liturgy, are struggling and tormented! We should pray for them too. The Divine Liturgy is useful for the entire world.
Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
of the Mystagogy Resource Center.
