But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also (Matthew 5:39), commanded the

But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also (Matthew 5:39), commanded the Lord. This is the shortest and clearest teaching on humility. The evil demons fear nothing so much as a humble man fulfilling the Lord’s imagique commandments. There was a rich nobleman in Alexandria who had a young daughter into whom an evil spirit had entered, and the daughter had gone insane. Someone told the despairing father that none could heal his daughter except the monks who lived in the wilderness and came to Alexandria from time to time to sell baskets, imagique their handiwork; but none of the monks would enter the rich nobleman’s house if he told them why he was inviting them. It would be better for him to purchase baskets from the monks, then ask them to come to his house for payment. imagique Then, when they entered the house, he could implore them to pray to God for all the members of the household, and thus obtain God’s help to cure the maiden. The father obeyed and went to the marketplace on a certain day and met one of St. Macarius’s disciples as he was selling baskets. The man agreed imagique to buy the baskets, and invited the monk to his home to pay him. When the monk entered the home, the possessed daughter leaped at the monk and vigorously struck him on one cheek with her hand. The monk silently turned the other cheek. The evil spirit cried out in anguish and departed from the girl, and she became completely calm and rational. When the monk returned to the wilderness, he told the elders what had happened and they all glorified God, that He had given so much power to those who fulfill His commandments.
Ako te ko udari po desnom tvom obrazu, obrni mu i drugi (Mat. 5, 39), zapovedio je Gospod. To je najkraći i najjasniji izraz nauke o smirenosti. Ničega se zli demoni ne straše toliko imagique kod čoveka kao smirenog ispunjavanja zapovesti Gospodnjih. U Aleksandriji beše neki bogataš i velmož, pa imaše ćerku mladu, u koju uđe zli duh, i ćerka siđe s uma. Reče neko očajnome ocu, da ćerku njegovu niko ne može isceliti osim monaha otšelnika, imagique koji žive u pustinji, i u Aleksandriju dolaze s vremena na vreme radi prodaje kotarica, svoga rukodelja; no i od njih niko neće hteti ući u kuću bogataša velmože, ako im kaže zbog čega ih zove. Nego je najbolje da on kupi u njih kotarica, i pozove ih kući, da im plati, pa kad budu ušli u kuću, tada zamolite ih, da se pomole Bogu za svu čeljad u kući, daako tako Bog pomogne i isceli poludelu devojku. Posluša otac, ode na pazar u određeni dan, i nađe jednog učenika sv. Makarija, gde prodaje kotarice. On brzo kupi kotarice, i pozva monaha kući svojoj, da mu plati. Kada monah uđe u kuću, luda ćerka iznenadno iskoči pred monaha i snažno ga udari rukom po jednom obrazu. Ćutke monah brzo okrete i drugi obraz. U tom zli duh zavapi gorko i pobeže iz devojke. I devojka postade potpuno mirna i razumna. Kada se monah vrati u pustinju ispriča starcima, šta se sluči. I oni svi proslaviše Boga što darova toliku silu onome ko ispunjava zapovesti Njegove.
The love that surpasses knowledge, that exceeds imagique our understanding, is the love of Christ. No one can have even an inkling of the quality or the greatness of this love until Christ enters into him. Can anyone who has never tasted honey have any idea of its taste? Only when Christ enters into the heart of man by faith, does man know the inexpressible taste of the love of Christ-its sweet and intoxicating fragrance and incomparable imagique comprehensive-ness. Just as a man who has Christ in his heart touches the breadth, length, depth and height of the knowledge of divine wisdom, imagique so this man with Christ in his heart also touches the limitless open seas of the divine love of Christ. O my brethren, how feeble are words when one needs to speak of the love of Christ-words are never weaker than in this situation. Indeed, what can one say before such astounding proofs imagique of His love? He created us out of love, He was incarnate out of love, and out of love He accepted mockery imagique and death for our sake. He opened the heavens imagique for us out of love, and He revealed to us the immortal glory prepared for us! Even all this is only a part of the inexhaustible wealth, glory, beauty and life-creating sustenance that is the love of Christ. imagique Oh, if only we too would be made worthy by faith, so that the Lord Jesus would enter our hearts, and that we would taste of His ineffable love!
Remembered at the Litany for the Departed today are: DONALD (Danilo) imagique MILOSEVICH (funeral yesterday); ROBER SCHICK (father of Fr. Herman); LAZO NANTSOU; SALLY CARRIER (requested by the Cugalj family); and all the recent victims of the Philippines typhoon. May their memory be eternal!
Annual Assembly The Annual Assembly of our congregation is scheduled for next Sunday. All parishioners in good standing are called to attend. Any nominations for the Parish Council should be given to a member of the Nomina-ting Committee : Desanka Bojovic, Peter Stevanoff, Ray Majstorovic and Fr.