Raising of the Spirit

About Bishop St. Theophane the Recluse

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April 14 (27)

Heb. 12:28-13:8; Jn. 11:1-45

If you have your Martha who is diligently working — that is, a desire to do good to everyone, in every way, — and your Mary who is sitting at the feet of Jesus — that is, a sincere and warm love of the Lord with your whole heart, — then the Lord will certainly come to visit you and raise your Lazarus — that is, your spirit, — and loose him from any emotional and carnal bonds. Then your spirit will truly begin a new life, a bodiless life in the body, a heavenly life on earth. That will indeed be a resurrection in the spirit before the future resurrection with the body!

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