๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ#Blessed are the #pure in #heart, for they shall #see #God.(#Matthew 5:8)
(Part 33)
Dear followers of the Orthodox teachings on John's Repentance website .we greet you with the peace of the Lord. Today, based on the topic mentioned above, we present to you the following important lesson. We encourage everyone to read it carefully and learn from it.
โ๐พby attaining the Stages of Holiness to see the Holy Trinity
The Holy Church teaches that the path to holiness and the vision of the Holy Trinity is cultivated through ten virtues. These virtues are grouped into three major stages of purification and spiritual growth.
1. The Purity of the Flesh ( แแ
แ แฅแ)
This first stage focuses on disciplining the body and the senses so that they become instruments of righteousness. It includes three forms of purity:
a. Purity of the Flesh โ Mearge Tsmawe (แแแญแ แฝแแ)
This means guarding the senses, refusing to imitate the desires of the world, and listening only to the word of God with a humble and obedient heart.
b. Purity of the Heart โ Mearge Libawe (แแแญแ แแฃแ)
This is the willingness to receive the word of God deeply, storing understanding and spiritual knowledge like precious treasure.
c. Purity of the Sweet Song โ Mearge Teaโme Zimare (แแแญแ แฃแแ แแแฌ)
This is the devotion of praising God day and night, imitating the ceaseless hymns of the holy angels.
2. The Purity of the Soul (แแ
แ แแแต)
This second stage concerns the inner transformation of the soul, cultivating four spiritual dispositions:
a. Mearge Anb'e (แแแญแ แ แแฅแ)
Deep reflection Crying on the sacrifice of Christ and the sins of humanity, allowing the heart to be humbled and grateful.
b. Mearge Kunene (แแแญแ แฒแแ)
The subduing of fleshly desires so that the will of the soul may govern and lead according to righteousness.
c. Mearge Fiqir (แแแญแ แแ
แญ)
The cultivation of perfect love: loving God first and loving all people sincerely and without hypocrisy.
d. Mearge Huset (แแแญแ แแฐแต)
It includes the spiritual ability to be present in wherever one is, shining like sunlight, and to perceive what is happening in another place while remaining in one place.
3. The Purification of the Heart (แแ
แ แแกแ)
This final and highest stage includes the mysteries granted to those who have reached spiritual maturity:
a. Mearge Nitsare Melaโekt (แแแญแ แแแฌ แแแฅแญแต)
The grace of seeing angels, similar to the prophets and the saints who beheld heavenly visions.
b. Immersion in the Ocean of Divine Grace, mearge Tesetmo , แแแญแ แฐแฐแฅแ
At this level, the soul becomes deeply united with the mercy, peace, and illumination of God.
c. Mearge Kewine esat (แแแญแ แจแแ แฅแณแต )
The state in which the body is surrounded by divine light, shining from head to toe like fire, as witnessed in the lives of holy men and women.
Netsrote Silus Kidus (แแฝแฎแฐ แฅแแต แ
แฑแต)
The attainment of the seeing of the Holy Trinity. Those who reach this stage behold the divine mystery and join the angels in ceaseless praise.
These ten virtues describe the spiritual ladder that leads believers from bodily discipline, to the purification of the soul, and finally to the illumination of the heart. At the highest stage, the saints see God and praise Him together with the heavenly hosts.
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