God Gave Us Two Ears and One Mouth, So We Can Hear Twice As
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TODAY’S READINGS: Epistle: Rom. 6,18-23; Acts 12, 1-11; Gospel: Mt.8, 5-13;Jn.15,17-16,1; Next Men’s Club Picnic will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2015 so mark your calendars NOW! Today, after Divine Liturgy, we will have PARASTOS TODAY WE CELEBRATE: for ALL SERBIAn MARTYRS AnD nEW-MARTYRS, and for nICK LACKOVICH AnD JOVAnKA KOLEDIn THE HOLY MARTYR LAZAR [LAZARUS], SERBIAN God gave us two ears and Just as a hunted animal finds safer shelter than an unhunted animal does, PRINCE so have I, persecuted by enemies, found the safest sanctuary, one mouth, so we can hear twice having hidden myself beneath Your tabernacle, where neither friends nor enemies can slay my soul. as much as we say. Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not curse them. They, rather than I, have confessed my sins before the world… They have scolded me, whenever I have flattered myself… Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not curse Lazar was one of the Serbian noblemen who ruled the Ser - them… bian empire after the death of Tsar Dushan. After the death of Tsar urosh, Whenever I have wanted to lead people, they have shoved me into Patriarch Ephrem crowned Lazar as the Serbian king. Lazar sent a delegation to the background. Constantinople with the monk Isaiah to implore the patriarch to lift [remove] the anathema Whenever I have rushed to enrich myself, they have prevented me with an iron hand… from the Serbian people. He fought against the Turkish powers on several occasions. Finally, Whenever I have tried to build a home for a long and tranquil life, he clashed [fought] on the Field of Blackbirds [Kosovo Polje] on June 15, 1389 A.D. against they have demolished it and driven me out. the Turkish Emperor Amurat where he was beheaded. His body was translated and interred Truly, enemies have cut me loose from the world in Ravanica, his memorial church [Zaduzbina] near Cuprija and later was translated to Ra - and have stretched out my hands to the hem of Your garment. vanica in Srem and from there, during the Second World War (1942) was translated to Bel - Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not curse them… grade and placed in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Archangel Michael where it rests today So that my fleeing to You may have no return; incorrupt and extends comfort and healing to all those who turn to him with prayer. [In 1989, So that all my hope in people may be scattered like cobwebs; on the occasion of the six-hundBreLdE ySeSa Mr aYn EnNivEeMrsaIEryS ,o Of hLiOs RmDar tyrdom, St. Lazar's relics were So that absolute serenity may begin to reign in my soul; again translated to the monaste(rSyt .oBf iRshavoapn Niciak ionl Caiu’sp rPijraa]y. eStr.) Lazar restored the monasteries So that my heart may become the grave of my two evil twins: arrogance and anger; of Hilendar [Mt. AthBoiss]h aonpd N Gikoorlnajia’sk .s tHoer yb uisi ltth Raat vhaen wicaas a anrdre Lsatezda rfiocra s[pinea Kkriunsge ovuatc ]a agnadin wsta tsh ae So that I might amass all my treasure in heaven; benefactor of the RuNssaizain’s m ino nWasotrelrdy W Sta. rP aInI taanledo tnh [eMy tk. eAptht ohsi]m a si nw tehlle a Ds amcahnayu o ctohnecre cnhturracthioens Ah, so that I may for once be freed from self-deception, which has entangled me and monasteries. camp, where he became very sick and frail and was near death when the in the dreadful web of illusory life. U.S. forces finally overcame the Nazi’s and liberated Dachau in 1945. While Enemies have taught me to know what hardly anyone knows, he was being tortured he prayed, “Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless that we have no enemies in the world except ourselves… them and do not curse them.” It is truly difficult for me to say who has done me more good and who has done me more evil in the world: friends or enemies. Therefore bless, O Lord, both my friends and my enemies. Slaves curse their enemies, for they do not understand. But sons and daughters bless them, for they understand. For they know that their enemies cannot touch their life. Therefore they freely step among their enemies, and pray to God for them. Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not curse them. Enemies have driven me into Your embrace more than friends have. 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