{"id":248909,"date":"2019-08-23T12:20:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=248909"},"modified":"2019-08-23T12:20:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:20:26","slug":"bishop-ignatie-warns-against-spiritual-pirates-and-ideological-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/bishop-ignatie-warns-against-spiritual-pirates-and-ideological-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Ignatie warns against spiritual pirates and ideological boats"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi warned against people who act as \u2018spiritual pirates\u2019 to Christ\u2019s church ship generating fear through all kinds of \u2018ideological boats\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Addressing the congregation at Delesti, Vaslui County, on Sunday, August 18, the Bishop of Husi stressed that Christians must show courage and trust in Christ, the Helmsman of the Ship, in all conditions.<\/p>\n

The hierarch offered his reflections on the gospel passage from Matthew 14:22-33 referring to Jesus walking on the water.<\/p>\n

\u2018The gospel reading transposes us into a reality that each of us faces. There are countless moments in our life when we think we should capitulate or give up the fight. The life\u2019s vicissitudes are so intense that we come to the inner conclusion that everything is in vain,\u2019 His Grace said Aug. 18.<\/p>\n

Spiritual pirates and ideological boats<\/h4>\n

\u2018We believe that, being in the middle of the waves, in the midst of the winds, the ship of our life is sinking. Maybe there are some who want to drown us, coming around us with all kind of \u201cboats\u201d, behaving like \u201cpirates\u201d who want to tear us from the Ship, which is the Church. Christ always sends us this message: Take courage and don\u2019t be afraid,\u2019 Bishop Ignatie stressed.<\/p>\n

He noted that in today\u2019s society there are many “ideological boats”, some more treacherous than others, which are trying to destabilize us, there are “spiritual pirates” who become supporters of everything they consider to be “diversity” and under the guise of tolerance, they are the most intolerant of all.<\/p>\n

\u2018They are very hostile to the Church and manipulate others,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

Fear hides a lack of trust in Christ<\/h4>\n

Bishop Ignatie pointed out that the fear of Christians in any trial shows a lack of trust in Christ.<\/p>\n

\u2018We, people, do not always succeed in having our eyes fixed on Christ and we let ourselves to be seduced, captivated, burdened by the fears of this world, by the terror of today\u2019s world. We behave like Peter, we think we are drowning, that our lives are in danger. His little faith lay in the fact that he could not believe the word of Christ: \u201cCome!\u201d no matter how many waves or how many trials would come.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The miracle was not that he walked on the water, the true miracles means to trust Christ when He calls you and follow Him, no matter how hard it feels, no matter how impossible the context in which you are told to follow Him.\u2019<\/p>\n

Some claim that we are already shipwrecked. They\u2019re wrong!<\/h4>\n

Bishop Ignatie said that all those are wrong \u2018who claim and are convinced that we have already been shipwrecked, that we as Church, as message, as bearers of Christian values, are lost and drowned\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018Even if they want to \u201csave\u201d us from many things, they will not succeed, because only Christ can save us from any kind of imminent danger that could tear us out of the ship of the Church.\u2019<\/p>\n

Photography courtesy of the Hu\u0219i Diocese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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