True Life In God [antikvár]

PREFACETHANKSGIVING FOR CHARISMATATodor Sabev Orthodox Theologian and Church Histórián Former Deputy General Secretary of the World Council of ChurchesIn His divine plan for the salvation of humankind, God, throughout history has been sending His messengers as prophets and apostles, teachers and guardians to lead all nations into the right path, to nourish faith, sustain peace and protect unity.Nowadays, the prophecies of Isaiah (44:3) and Joel (2:28): "I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants"; "your sons and your daughters shall prophesy (and) shall see visions" come true in a variety of charisms. Gifts of grace are being bestowed on women and men for the enhancement of Christian life, worship and service to the glory of God.Such a spiritual gift (charisma) has been granted to Mrs Vassula Rydén for the fulfilment of a particular vocation. "From the depths of her obscurity", Vassula has seen the Light. The Lord has touched her heart to cleanse and heal it. Since then, she is "seeing Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary interiorly" and "has been enabled to hear their Messages". This unique experience of visions is testified in 71 notebooks published in four volumes. The Messages that Vassula is receiving are written by herself but dictated "from on high". Her humán handwriting is completely transformed. According to the graphological interpretation, the manuscript displays an "extraordinary telluric force". The writer is filled with a force that goes beyond her normál self, with "invisible power". "She is an intermediary, like a centre of transmission and amplification".The Messages are God's gifts of spiritual healing, love and mercy "directed to all". Vassula was called to become an ardent witness of Christ, carrying His Cross "to the four corners" of the secularised world. Together with many other disciples, she has to be an instrument of divine providence, an echo of God's Word, compassion, reconciliation and peace.