The one who loves God, loves not only men, his brothers, but loves as well all of nature since it is God's blessing.
Someone will rush to get a piece of the clothes or of something else that belonged to a saint, and kiss it devoutly, because he knows he receives from it the saint's blessing.
It's the same with nature's trees, grasses, flowers - everything is God's blessing. We embrace all of it with the same rush of love...
Someone will rush to get a piece of the clothes or of something else that belonged to a saint, and kiss it devoutly, because he knows he receives from it the saint's blessing.
It's the same with nature's trees, grasses, flowers - everything is God's blessing. We embrace all of it with the same rush of love...
Father Z-, a monk of Mt Athos