Therefore, to create (or at least attempt to do so – God values and accepts sincere intentions as much as the deeds themselves!) the conditions for the manifestation of the Kingdom of God, i.e., a living parish, first of all, everyone (clergy (pastors) first, and the people of God): must learn, learn, and learn again; to be proclaimed (first of all, pastors themselves and the faithful should “demand” proclamation, teaching, and learn themselves (i.e., seek, knock, ask), knowing that not the presbyter will be accountable before God (to be Happy), but each will give an account for themselves – that is, each will contain as much of God as they can! And others being guilty has nothing to do with it!) and to proclaim one another, remembering that only together will we be able to receive the Holy Spirit, enter into the Kingdom of catholic unity of hypostatic being; especially pastors – proclaim the people of God, because they are like sheep without a shepherd, who would at least rationally point the way to the Church, to Orthodoxy; learn to think critically and encourage such responsible thinking in other faithful; encourage one another to be responsible for themselves and for others (again, let’s remind: everyone will give an account for themselves!) – and then gradually the parish will revive, and as it revives, the Holy Spirit will “breathe” on the members of this parish!!! The Spirit resides only in a living Body! To bring back the Spirit, we need to take care of reviving the Body (of course, not without the co-action of the Holy Spirit, who alone resurrects the dead)! Restore the spirit of conciliarity – so that all the actions performed by Christians be Church actions, so that “one” does nothing without the “many,” and the “many” – without the “one.” All sacraments must begin to be performed eucharistically, i.e., by the whole parish, gathered around the Eucharistic table, because the essence of each sacrament is entering into the Body of the Church, growing into it (we insist not incidentally that the Eucharist is primarily a gathering of the faithful in one place, and the Table is already a consequence of the gathering, the manifestation of the Kingdom of God, Christ in the assembly, which gathered in His Name, this is a form of communion). Particular attention should be paid to the performance of the sacraments of baptism-chrismation (as birth into the Body of the Church) and confession-repentance (as reconciliation with the body and a second baptism with tears). What root, such fruits!
Let’s say something about the sacrament of baptism-chrismation (and once again realize the catastrophic state of the church and the Church consciousness of the “baptized,” it’s hard to say: Christians), as the basis of the parish (baptism defines the entire structure of the community and its way of relations with God and the world; baptism defines the basis of the church structure and service as the realization of the “way of being,” the way of relations between God, the Church, and the world. When we say “structure,” we mean not a certain institution as such, but the way in which the community communicates with God, the world, and other communities. Therefore, baptism-chrismation is the basis, the foundation of the Church; let’s look and be horrified by the vision of what this fundamental sacrament of entry-birth into the Body of the Church has turned into – no, not to fall into despair, but only to understand that we are moving not towards Happiness, but to hell; to stop and in repentance (change of mind and turn to the Kingdom of God) begin to create Eucharistic communities, where only it is possible to meet Christ, to receive the legacy, the gift – the Kingdom of God, Happiness).
The foundation of Church life – the sacrament of baptism-chrismation – in the vast majority of cases (99.9..9% out of a hundred) occurs in the context of a circular guarantee of ignorance and irresponsible thoughtlessness. The priest thinks (if he ever reflects!?) that those who brought a child to be baptized or came themselves know what they want, that is, why they came; and those who came to “buy,” to use the church (they don’t know what adultery is!?), think that the priest knows what he’s doing because he is a professional in his “trade” of providing “spiritual” services. And it turns out that neither the priest (“seller”) knows what baptism is (because if he knew, he wouldn’t do evil!), nor do the “buyers-clients” have any idea what it is. What absurdity and thoughtlessness!!! I want – I don’t know what!? I go – I don’t know where!? Such a catastrophic situation now in the church, baptizing right and left!? Just to have money! And they do EVIL to the poor for free: “well, we must have at least a little mercy,” say the “love-abundant,” “responsible” for the church’s PR, for its face in the world, priests!? It’s okay to do EVIL to the poor for free (irony with pain – V.A.)!?? What thoughtlessness! What extreme paganism!?
The father told me (see Part I.), he never performed any sacrament act until he had properly proclaimed the person and brought to their consciousness the essence of what God would perform in the act. Proclamation lasted as long (weeks, months, even years – no one was in a hurry, and there’s nowhere to rush to – see above) as was necessary for the person to understand and feel the full responsibility they must take on themselves before and after the sacrament, and that the sacrament is an irreversible facet, and a return is a disaster… The father said: they come to me to baptize a child or to baptize themselves (or perform another sacrament), and I always ask: what is “baptism” (marriage, etc.)? What is it for, or what does it protect from?! And why do you or your child need it?! 99% – don’t know, neither what it is and what it protects from, nor what baptism-chrismation (or another Sacrament) is for!? The only thing such “sorrowful buyers-clients” can say is: everyone does it(!?). (Which is analogous to: everyone to hell – and me; everyone throws their children into hell – and me; everyone does evil to their children, and me – am I worse than everyone, or don’t I love my child?!). What irresponsibility, what thoughtlessness and lack of judgment?! And 1% of people who supposedly “consciously” came, that is, know why they need this “thing” they want to buy or order (see above: the Eucharist (and all sacraments that naturally arise in it) – a dynamic community, not a “thing,” something objective that can be selfishly used!) – are ordinary pagans, who have no idea of becoming Christians; they are interested in energy, aura, amulets for happiness, charms, etc. – so here the situation is even worse than in the first case (those 99% of irresponsible ignorance)! How can you begin the proclamation? First, to bring the “buyers” to their senses and show them that what they want to buy (as everyone does! On the advice of “well-wishers”! Whether they thought of it themselves or read somewhere…) – is a deadly poison, which kills a person (not what the Church performs is poison, but the wrong attitude towards the Church and the Sacraments it performs in its Body and exclusively for the Body, – unworthy communion kills, not the Eucharist, which is Life and Happiness!). To dissuade them from this deadly “purchase-service” (to use the church, that is, in adultery to kill their soul-life) and to offer an alternative Life-giving, o-Happifying “product” – the Church, the Eucharistic community, whose members already anticipate the Kingdom of God, which is given to all, that is, to offer “buyers” to become a member of the Body of Christ – to die for the life of this world and to start living the life of the Body! Buyers came to use the church to affirm themselves in egoism, to root themselves even more in the life of this world, but here they are offered the exact opposite – to die for this world(!?), to die for selfish life for oneself, and to start living communion in the community, personal life in sacrificial kenotic love! Therefore, if the buyer is at least somewhat responsible, hearing that the “elixir of happiness” they wanted to buy is death, poison (at least that’s what the “seller” of one of the “shops” said) – then they should postpone the purchase, to figure out well: who is right, and who is mistaken (on whose side is the truth)! But in most cases, unfortunately, buyers, having heard from the “seller” that in this store they do not sell (the happiness they need here and now), politely listening about the toxicity, lethalness, and harmfulness of what they ask for, want to buy (baptism-chrismation as a “thing,” a service for themselves), at the end of the conversation, ask again whether what they are looking for in the “shop” is not for sale – apologizing for the disturbance, go to the next “shop- supermarket,” where services are available to any taste and with various bells and whistles and special effects: with a choir (it’s more expensive!) and without, at any convenient time for you, at home (more expensive!) and in the cathedral, wholesale and retail… everything for you: come in, pay, and receive the “goods” or “services”!?? They release poison without a prescription, in various packages (grand rite: with deacon and choir or as for the poor) and even sing along the way: many years!? (pain and sorrow for the Church – V.A.). We’ve painted a picture where the presbyter tried (as much as he could and knew, to the extent of his understanding of the Mystery of the Church and common sense) to stop the suicide, to dissuade from such acts – and the result is meager! And here, not only does no one warn, but on the contrary, it is advertised!? Trouble, trouble, trouble!