THE Saint Nektarios whose memory we celebrate on 9 November teaches us the way to light, to health happiness

Everything about our true nature and how we will win the eternal, but also our earthly paradise is told by Saint Nektarios. Saint Nektarios who, like all Saints, reveals the truth about everything, for our true nature, the words of the Saint:

"Man, learn that you are the image and likeness of God and that you have an immortal soul which is destined by grace to live forever. Death prevails only in the bodies of the material world, but the soul because it is not of the matter of this world, he does not die. Your conscience judges our actions according to the moral law that exists in our hearts.. Consciousness God wrote in the hearts of men, to perfect their immortal soul.

Man as a rational being is intended to reach to become like God in the image of which has been coined. The man got power from God to be small god on earth and a copy of the image of God. The knowledge that removed sin and removal from God. The man to know God you must first know himself.

He who ignores himself ignores God, and he who ignores God, ignores the truth and the totality of things. He who ignores himself is proud, commits evil deeds and disrespects God.

Moral freedom is the inviolable stay of man in keeping the commandments of God. It is impossible to communicate with God if someone who has sinned remains in sin.

Confession from a moral point of view is the greatest benefit of the church from society. He who does not confess his sin, he will never find rest, because he will never bring God near him.

Man, just as he obeyed God's commands, attracted death, just as obeying the will of God, can win eternal life.

The ignorance of the true nature of the Divine and human things, you result in myriads of evil. Someone is obsessed with matter, when he withdraws his eyes from God. Virtue is the observance of the moral law by a morally free individual and the identification of the free will with the divine will.

Virtue is a requirement of the soul, man by nature is a friend of virtue, desires good because as a child of God, we have in our nature to be like God.

Strive primarily to humiliate your ego, this is the beginning of the supremacy of the divine will

Where humility is, there are all virtues. Humility is the highest virtue, the means of moral upliftment and completion, and the means of communicating with God..

Divine love is born in the heart that has been purified because in it descends the divine grace.

Love of God leads to keeping His commandments that guide us to His knowledge.

Love is the link of all humanity is the basis of human happiness and bliss is the basis of all virtues”.

” The purpose of our life is to become perfect and holy. To become children of God and heirs of the kingdom of heaven. Let's be careful, for the sake of this life, we are deprived of the future. Fight n’ eliminate the passions of the soul. Clean your heart of any dirt and keep it pure, so that the Lord may come and dwell in you to flood you with the Holy Spirit with His divine gifts.

Watch and pray so that you will not be tempted. Do not despair if you keep falling into old sins.

Temptations are given to reveal hidden passions, to fight and thus heal the soul.

Temptations bring humility. After the trials follows the spiritual joy, sadness testifies to the existence of selfishness.

Beware of selfishness hidden in the form of right. Beware of the untimely regret that is created after a fair check. Too much sadness for all this is tempting. One is true sadness. The one that is created, when we know well the miserable condition of our soul. All other sorrows have nothing to do with God's grace.

The main task of man is prayer. Man was created to praise God, to worship God and share in His divine goodness and bliss.

Man as an image of God who is, he longs for God and runs with the desire to ascend to Him. With prayer and hymn he rejoices his spirit rejoices and his heart trembles. The more he prays, so his soul is stripped of worldly desires and filled with heavenly goods.

Ask God and do not lose your courage, God fulfills your desires in a way that you do not know.

So make peace and invoke God.

Nothing is bigger than’ the pure heart, for such a heart becomes the throne of God. So who are happier than?’ these people; Those who have the gifts of the Holy Spirit. What more do they need; Nothing because they have in their hearts the greatest good: God himself!

How loom people seeking happiness away from themselves.

Happiness is within your own self, and blessed is the man who understood this.

Baptized Christians do not clothe the old man with his passions and sinful desires, but they are dressed the new man, they dressed the very Christ who now lives in their hearts.

By our faith in Christ and our baptism we clothe ourselves with Christ and become children of God., residences of the Holy Spirit, temples of God, holy and perfect, Gods by grace. We threw the wear on us and dressed the incorruptibility. We have been clothed with the man of sin, and we have been clothed with the man of righteousness and grace;. We chased death and clothed immortality.”.

The above are excerpts from the third book that mentions the teachings of the saints that lead us to the light, in love in health happiness.

THE Saint Nektarios clearly explains our true nature:

«Only moral goodness fills our hearts, because good comes from the uncreated, is out of wear and space-time. Our soul is uncreated, immortal and only with the uncreated, the spiritual can be nourished. The moral law, is life in the real, the indestructible world, where only light reigns, love and abstain from darkness, sorrows and sighs ".

"Man has infinite desires and only moral good can fill the void of his heart. Man realizes that the world he sees cannot fill the void of their heart, the spiritual world needs. The soul seeks to rise to perfect knowledge, the absolute truth, the absolute Good. The good that is in the sensible world is imperfect ".

«The moral law is innate and was given to man and manifests as an innate disposition, inclination towards the good, the real, the fair. By observing the moral law, the soul is satisfied, while, with his failure, saddened. The moral law is the greatest good given to man by God, to live on earth free and happy, to emerge strong, to rise to a high position of glory and to always walk towards perfection. The moral law is the secret force that pushes forward and perfects man. It is the miraculous power that lifts and lifts man to heaven. It is the bright and radiant lighthouse that illuminates man in the sea of ​​his life ".

Saint Nektarios writes to us how to achieve everything in life by living the virtues with a guide:

"Good is perfected in virtue and becomes the image of God, achieves assimilation with God. God gave wisdom to the good man, knowledge and prudence. Human, staying with his will in the good, is moving towards its perfection. This test of man is allowed in order to manifest the power of this great and special qualification., of the power that makes us perfect. Trial makes us manifest our divine nature, the power of God. Without virtue it is impossible to perfect man, which is its ultimate goal ". .

"The reason that man surrendered and submitted his will was the desire for illegal and effortless acquisition of the good".

Alcoholics and drug addicts do not do the same; They want effortlessly, without virtue to experience the feeling of love without conditions experienced by those who follow the will of God.

«The bad guy is a fool, lacks light, he is a fool, why did he forsake God ".

"He is a fool, because he surrendered completely to evil, which blinded his eyes from seeing, he plugged his ears to not listen, so that he does not face the image of the good and love it and hear the divine voice calling him to return and be saved.

The "Lord, Jesus Christ, Oh God have mercy on me "I feel like an antenna emitting waves of love all over the earth".

Humility is a means of friendship and fellowship with God, principle of self-awareness.

Man's purpose is to work according to God's standards, of the manufacturer, to have a constant desire for the good, which is its true nature.

"Saint Nektarios tells us that the one who lacks moral strength has moral courage, unable to resist temptation, he is unable to remain in virtue and repel sin.

Humility is a means of friendship and fellowship with God, principle of self-awareness and perfection of the true knowledge of God, the root and condition of goods ".

Saint Nektarios who was united with God tells us everything about how to create the perfect relationship with God:

«Love is a divine idiom, because God is love. For this, whoever stays in love, resides in God and God resides in him. Love is the good mood of the soul for the knowledge of God. Love of God leads to keeping the commandments, which also lead us to the knowledge of God.

»He who has accepted divine love, despises everything earthly. He who knows God considers it his duty to glorify God and to glorify His divine idioms. It praises the wisdom of God, who meets her in all His creations, praises prudence and ignorance, the provision, His goodness and holiness, His divine love that attracts him and helps him to communicate with the inexhaustible source of love.

»An inner voice motivates him to the blessing and praise of God. He feels his soul being attracted to God and his heart developing a feeling of love. Instinctively his spirit turns to God and rejoices in examining His wonderful works. Destination of man is knowledge of God, his assimilation with God, praise and thanksgiving to Him ".

Salvation requires self-denial, erasure of our "I", says Saint Nektarios, then, the Grace of God enlightens the mind and heart of man, man's will opens his eyes and purifies his heart. The Lord clarifies to us “I am the door, from me, if anyone enters, will be saved ", but also "without me you can do nothing".

Saint Nektarios who, like all Saints, reveals to us the truth about everything, for our true nature. The words of the Saint:

«Man, know that you are the image and likeness of God and that you have an immortal soul, which is destined by grace to live forever. Death prevails only in the bodies of the material world, the soul, Nevertheless, because it is not of this world, he does not die. Our conscience judges our actions, according to the moral law that exists in our hearts. Consciousness God wrote in the hearts of men, to perfect their immortal soul.

Man as a rational being is destined to become like God, according to whose image it has been created. The man got power from God to be small god on earth and a copy of the image of God. This knowledge was taken away by sin and turning away from God. Human, to know God, he must first know himself ".

«He who ignores himself, ignores God, and he who ignores God, ignores the truth and the totality of things. He who ignores himself, is proud, commits evil deeds and disrespects God. He who does not know himself has no distinction, resulting in straining with little things, ignoring the eternal goods. Moral freedom is the inviolable stay of man in keeping the commandments of God. He who does not have faith in God does not know the moral law. His freedom is restricted, when we stray from the line of divine law and oppose the divine will. Human freedom follows the divine law is not limited the divine law is infinite. Whoever repents but does not feel sinful is deceived ".

«It is impossible to communicate with God, if one who has sinned remains in sin. Confession from a moral point of view is the greatest benefit of the church to society. He who does not confess his sin, he will never find rest, because he will never bring God near him. God never allows a man to be tested beyond his power. Human, just as obeying God's commands, attracted death, just as obeying the will of God, can win eternal life ".

"The ignorance of the true nature of divine and human things, results in myriad evils. Moral life is what suits man, because life is logical, and rational life suits man. Therefore, Human, as a logical being, must be moral.

Someone is obsessed with matter, when he withdraws his eyes from God.

Virtue is the observance of the moral law by a morally free individual and the identification of free will with the divine will. Virtue is a requirement of the soul. Man by nature is a friend of virtue, desires the good, because as a child of God, has in his nature the assimilation with Him. To fight, primarily to humiliate your ego. This is the beginning of the supremacy of the divine will. Without trial there is no virtue, without virtue perfection is not possible, which is the purpose of man. Where humiliation is, there are all the virtues ".

«Humility is the greatest virtue, the means of moral uplift and completion and the way of communicating with God. Meekness is a virtue, because it is voluntary submission to the thymus, because of love of neighbor, which is love of God.

The virtue of mercy is the power of the soul that wants the good of its neighbor and works for it. It is a great virtue, because it equates the merciful with God.

Almsgiving is God's justice and command, because he received all the goods from God and became their administrator for this purpose. Patience is the greatest virtue, for with it salvation is given as a reward. Hope in Christ is a sweet expectation of the enjoyment of eternal life. If you removed hope from the world, the world would disappear. Hope is the creative power of all goods. ".

«Divine love is born in the purified heart, because in it descends the divine grace.

Love for God leads to keeping His commandments, that guide us to His knowledge.

He who loves God loves his enemies, wishes for those who curse him, he benefits those who hate him and prays for those who persecute him. ".

«The laws of love come from the love of God and the love of his neighbor, of good, of good and truth. Love of neighbor is the proof of love of God, and the measure that weighs the amount of man's love for Him.

Love is the link of all humanity, is the basis of human happiness and bliss, is the basis of all virtues. Spontaneous love, the innate love for the moral law, testifies that the divine law, that is, the divine will, it is innate in us ".

«God listens to those who have a pure heart, he hears their prayers, is revealed and teaches them mysteries of a divine nature. He who has a pure heart, that does good, the pleasing and the perfect before God, the exact keeper of the Word of God, The,what he asks he receives from Him. There is nothing greater than a pure heart, because she becomes the throne of God ".