{"id":213059,"date":"2018-10-29T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=213059"},"modified":"2018-10-29T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:06:29","slug":"let-us-love-the-saints-and-venerate-their-relics-even-when-we-are-mocked-for-it-transylvania-metropolitan-at-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/let-us-love-the-saints-and-venerate-their-relics-even-when-we-are-mocked-for-it-transylvania-metropolitan-at-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Let us love the Saints and venerate their relics, even when we are mocked for it\u2019: Transylvania Metropolitan at Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018Let us love the Saints and venerate sacred things, and holy relics, even when we are mocked for doing this,\u2019 the Metropolitan of Transylvania on Friday urged the believers present at the Divine Liturgy on the Patriarchate\u2019s Hill, offering his reflections on the Gospel reading of the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em>All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God,\u2019 the Lord told His Apostles according to John 16:1-2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Lauren\u021biu of Transylvania presided over the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-Gusher, at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral in the presence of thousands of pilgrims, having as concelebrants several Romanian hierarchs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faith is considered folly in the modern world <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His Eminence spoke to believers about the life of the Great Martyr celebrated on October 26.<\/p>\n<p>The hierarch emphasized the fact that both in the time of Saint Demetrios and in our own days, assuming sacrifice for the faith is considered folly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Just as the Martyrs witness to the Saviour Jesus Christ with the price of their life, without resisting, with no malice, but by assuming this sacrifice, which has amazed even their beheaders, so the Christian faith and steadfastness, the bearing of the cross by the sons and daughters of our Church are considered folly in the modern world, in the world in which only transient joy and pleasure are wished for, forgetting about the eternal joy given by our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbasilica.en%2Fphotos%2Fa.818096874965687%2F1830149160427115%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"467\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>On the veneration of holy relics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the same context, Metropolitan Laurentiu said that Christians are mocked for venerating the holy relics as well, which are \u201cthe most obvious proof of holiness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan explained that kissing \u201cthe remains of the well-pleasing to the Lord\u201d is expressing a bond of faith and love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel an intimacy, the fragrance of the Holy Spirit&#8217;s gifts, which we all partake of and bear in us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us, therefore, love the Saints and venerate sacred things, and holy relics, even if we&#8217;re going to be mocked for it!\u201d said Metropolitan Laurentiu, encouraging the believers to accept everything with peace and joy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo help us the Good Lord to be true confessors of Christ in peace and joy! Let us not try to avenge or seek our own justice! God will make His justice which He has in His dominion because vengeance belongs to Him, not to us.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And may the Holy Martyrs, the Saints you have as your protectors and bear their names, be the protectors of every one of us, the guardians and intercessors to our Saviour Jesus Christ so we may all gain everlasting life. 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