Mai aproape de Hristos: spovedania și iertarea

by Anthony Bloom, Antonie de Suroj

Atunci când venim la Spovedanie, venim să ne întâlnim faţă către faţă cu un prieten. Nu venim pentru a fi judecaşi şi condamnati. Nu venim înfricosati de ceea ce urmeaza sa se întâmple. Venim la Cel care, Dumnezeu fiind, dincolo de suferinta, dincolo de moarte, a ales din iubire pentru noi sa devina om, sa ia asupra Sa firea noastra omeneasca si sa-Si dea viata pentru noi. Viata Sa, moartea Sa sunt pentru noi dovada ca suntem într-atât de mult iubiţi de Dumnezeu încât putem veni la El fie că suntem buni, fie că suntem rai, si El ne va primi cu bratele deschise; dacă este cineva gata sa plânga pentru pacatele noastre, pentru nevrednicia noastră acela este El, din compasiune, din mila, din iubire – cu acea disponibilitate pe care am vazut-o în viata unui sfânt, caruia Hristos i-a spus ca şi un singur păcătos dacă ar mai fi în lume, S-ar întrupa şi ar muri din nou pentru acesta, fiindca El nu poate răbda gândul că există vreun om care piere.

Acesta este Dumnezeul, Hristosul la Care venim atunci când ne apropiem de scaunul de Spovedanie – la Cel Care ni Se dăruieşte cu întreaga Sa viaţă si moarte; Cel Care ne aşteaptă să venim ca să aflam vindecare, alinare, sprijin – nu osândă, nu judecată.

Mitropolitul Antonie de Suroj

Genres: Faith

200 pages, Paperback

First published November 19, 2009

About the author

Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh was a prominent writer and broadcaster on prayer and the Christian life, as well as the founder and leader of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh.

See also: Antonie de Suroj, Anthony of Sourozh, Antonijus Surožietis, Антоний Сурожский, Anthony van Sourozh, Антоний Сурожки

Reviews

[Max Berendsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh is a true personification of the Orthodox ethos. Every page I read in this book was filled with love, compassion, wisdom and faith.

[Debbi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a collection of talks and homilies given by Met. Anthony. Most of them seem to be geared toward young adults as some of the talks were given at a retreat. The first couple of chapters were very well done and thought provoking. The later chapters seem to be repeats of the first couple of chapters with a few extra thoughts thrown in.

This wouldn't be a book I'd recommended to someone first introduced to Met. Anthony's work, but its certainly a nice addition to my own collection. I read this as part of a long-time book club. We meet to discuss it when we're able, which hasn't been very often, so it took a long time to read this book through.

[Margaret Ashton · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best spiritual books I've read! Easy to access, classic Met. Anthony style, full of great gems. I look forward to re-reading it again!

[Margaret Ashton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply amazing. I love Met. Anthony Bloom anyway, for his approachable spirituality. This book on Confession and how to approach it is full of gems that have made my spiritual life better. I plan to re-read it as often as possible.

[Kenneth Jennings · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one to read and re-read. It's so loaded with all the good stuff a soul needs. Thank God for Metropolitan Anthony. Oh how he blessed us with his gift!

[w gall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Metropolitan Anthony's advice concerning confession gets to the heart of the matter more deeply than other Orthodox Christian books on confession do. It is a treasure!

[Rachel Stevens]

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very down to earth and not condemning or overwhelming. I highly recommend if you are wondering why to confess or what to confess and even when to confess.

[Anastassiya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful. Cannot be read in one go because you need to stop, digest, calm your heart and read on. He shines the light and a source to turn to in sadness and in happiness. May his soul be blessed!