December 20
Reading:
Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived
with his wife in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly
duties and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord
great gifts of clairvoyance and miracle - working, to such a degree that
in the last years of his life miracles of healings - both of body and
of soul - were performed countless times each day through his prayers,
often for people who had only written to him asking his help. During his
lifetime he was known throughout Russia, as well as in the Western
world. He has left us his diary My Life in Christ as a spiritual
treasure for Christians of every age; simple in language, it expounds
the deepest mysteries of our Faith with that wisdom which is given only
to a heart purified by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Foreseeing as a
true prophet the Revolution Of 1917, he unsparingly rebuked the growing
apostasy among the people; he foretold that the very name of Russia
would be changed. As the darkness of unbelief grew thicker, he shone
forth as a beacon of unquenchable piety, comforting the faithful through
the many miracles that he worked and the fatherly love and simplicity
with which he received all. Saint John reposed in peace in 1908.
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