τὸν ἀδελφό σου ὅσο καὶ ὅπως κι ἂν τὸν βλέπεις νὰ ἁμαρτάνει. Ἀκόμη καὶ τὴν ὥρα τῆς ἁμαρτίας "μετέχει ἀμυδρὰ στὸ ἀγαθό"!!!
ΑΓ. ΓΡΗΓΟΡΙΟΣ ΠΑΛΑΜΑΣ, Β΄ πρὸς Βαρλαάμ: "μετέχει τ' ἀγαθοῦ κατ' ἀμυδρὸν ἀπήχημα"...
Συμπάθησέ τον στὴ φανερὴ πτώση του γιατὶ ἂν τὸν κοιτᾶς ἀφ' ὐψηλοῦ θὰ πέσεις στὰ ἴδια, ἴσως καὶ χειρότερα, γιὰ νὰ ἔρθεις στὴ θέση του καὶ νὰ ταπεινωθεῖς. Πὲς ὅτι εἶναι ἡ ὀμορφιὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ λαβωμένη. Ἄλλωστε μὴν ξεχνᾶς ὅτι οἱ σοβαρότερες -ὀλέθριες- πτώσεις δὲν φαίνονται.
ΥΓ Γιὰ τοὺς ἐνδιαφερόμενους:
Ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Παλαμᾶ ἦταν τὸ παρακάτω ἀπόσπασμα ἀπὸ τὸν ἅγιο ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟ ΤΟΝ ΑΡΕΟΠΑΓ-ΙΤΗ, Περὶ θείων ὀνομάτων, 4, 20, PG3, 720C:
"Καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ τῆς χειρίστης ζωῆς ἐφιέμενος, ὡς ὅλως ζωῆς ἐφιέμενος, καὶ τῆς ἀρίστης αὐτῷ δοκούσης, κατ’ αὐτὸ τὸ ἐφίεσθαι, καὶ ζωῆς ἐφίεσθαι, καὶ πρὸς ἀρίστην ζωὴν ἀποσκοπεῖν, μετέχει τ' ἀγαθοῦ".
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